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Interviewee:
Speight, Francis, 1896-1989  Search this
Interviewer:
Blakeslee, Sarah Jane, 1912-  Search this
Sellin, David  Search this
Names:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts  Search this
Breckenridge, Hugh H. (Hugh Henry), 1870-1937  Search this
Carles, Arthur B., 1882-1952  Search this
Garber, Daniel, 1880-  Search this
McCarter, Henry, 1866-1942  Search this
Pittman, Hobson Lafayette, 1899 or 1900-1972  Search this
Sartain, Harriet, 1873-1957  Search this
Extent:
118 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1987 April 4-5
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Francis Speight conducted 1987 April 4-5, by David Sellin, for the Archives of American Art.
Speight speaks of his family background; early aspirations; his studies at the Corcoran School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the faculty and administration at the Academy including Arthur B. Carles, Hugh Breckenridge, Henry McCarter, Daniel Garber, and Hobson Pittman; his scholarships and fellowships; teaching at the Academy; the Academy's summer school at Chester Springs; painting in Manayunk; and his experiences as a juror. Speight's wife Sarah Blakeslee is also present during a portion of the interview and describes her studies at Chester Springs.
Biographical / Historical:
Francis Speight (1896-1989) was a painter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born in North Carolina.
General:
Originally recorded 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 10 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 40 min.
Provenance:
These interviews are part of the Archives' 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.
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.speigh87
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c634eabb-5700-4119-8f9b-2d5986c072e4
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-speigh87