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Interviewee:
Peterdi, Gabor, 1915-2001  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Bucher, Jeanne  Search this
Hayter, Stanley William  Search this
Levy, Julien  Search this
Putzel, Howard  Search this
Brooklyn Museum  Search this
International Graphic Arts Society  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
79 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 15 min.
Summary:
An interview of Gabor Peterdi conducted 1971 Apr. 29, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Peterdi speaks of his youth in Hungary and his early desire to be a painter, Paris and his first encounter with surrealism, studying printmaking with Stanley William Hayter and the Paris art scene in the 1930s. He comments on coming to the U.S. in 1939, his involvement with the Julien Levy, Norlyst, Laurel and Borgenicht Galleries and his service in the U.S. Army. He discusses Hayter's New York studio, the International Graphic Arts Society, teaching at the Brooklyn Museum Art School and starting its graphics workshop, the interaction of prints and paintings, symbolism, teaching, various print techniques and printmaking as a creative art form. He recalls Jeanne Bucher, Bill Hayter, Howard Putzel and Julien Levy.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Gabor Peterdi, 1971 Apr. 29. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Gabor Peterdi (1915-2001) was a printmaker from New York, N.Y.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
This interview is 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.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Prints -- Technique  Search this
Prints -- 20th century -- United States  Search this
Surrealism  Search this
Printmakers -- Interviews  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13119
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211976
AAA_collcode_peterd71
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211976