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Interviewee:
Mattson, Henry E. (Henry Elis), 1887-1971  Search this
Interviewer:
Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983  Search this
Creator:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Names:
Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Extent:
9 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1964 Nov. 4
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Henry Mattson conducted 1964 Nov. 4, by Joseph Trovato, for the Archives of American Art.
Mattson discusses how he came to be a painter, his career as an artist, and his thoughts on painting.
Biographical / Historical:
Henry Mattson (1887-1971) was a painter from Woodstock, N.Y.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 31 min.
Provenance:
Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this
Painting -- Technique  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.mattso64
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b6747201-5253-4a5c-953c-435d1a12e062
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-mattso64