Interviewee:

Hart, Frederick, 1943-1999  Search this

Interviewer:

Pennington, Estill Curtis  Search this

Subject:

De Weldon, Felix  Search this

Washington Cathedral  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place of publication, production, or execution:

United States

Physical Description:

2 Items, Sound recording: 2 sound files, digital, wav file; 18 Pages, Transcript

Summary:

An interview of Frederick Hart conducted 1982 Nov. 23, by Estill Curtis Pennington, for the Archives of American Art.

Hart speaks of his training with the sculptor Felix de Weldon, his work on the Washington Cathedral, and his involvement with the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial.

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Frederick Hart, 1982 Nov. 23. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Funding:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Biography Note:

Frederick Hart (1943-1999) was a sculptor from Washington, D.C. Born in Atlanta, Ga.; studied at the Univ. of South Carolina, the Corcoran Gallery, and American Univ.

Language Note:

English .

Provenance:

This interview is 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.

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.)  Search this

Sculptors -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12957

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212714

AAA_collcode_hart82

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212714