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Interviewee:
Schmeckebier, Laurence Eli, 1906-1984  Search this
Interviewer:
Brown, Robert F.  Search this
Extent:
3 Items (tape reels (5 hr., 7 min.))
75 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1974 June 7-July 15
Scope and Contents:
Interview of Laurence E. Schmeckebier, conducted by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in Lyme, New Hampshire on June 7 and July 15, 1974. Schmeckebier speaks of his education; his training as an art historian in Germany; the influence of Heinrich Wölfflin on his art historical training; his interest in art history and art criticism; his books Art in Red Wing and John Steuart Curry's Pageant of America; and his career as a professor, administrator, and collector at the University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, Cleveland Art Institute, and University of Syracuse. Schmeckebier also recalls Oskar Hagen, Carl Horst, José Clemente Orozco, John Steuart Curry, George Grosz, Jean Charlot, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
Laurence E. Schmeckebier (1906-1984) was an art historian and sculptor from Lyme, N.H.
General:
Originally recorded on 3 tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 7 min.
Provenance:
These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Occupation:
Art historians -- Interviews  Search this
Topic:
Sculptors -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.schmec74
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw984629790-195e-4682-9024-c7760ee51fb9
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-schmec74