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Interviewee:

Preusser, Robert O. (Robert Ormerod), 1919-1992  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F  Search this

Subject:

Davidson, Ola McNeill  Search this

Kepes, Gyorgy  Search this

White, Minor  Search this

Art Center School (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

Boris Mirski Gallery (Boston, Mass.)  Search this

Center for Advanced Visual Studies  Search this

Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.)  Search this

Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Joan Peterson Gallery  Search this

Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Search this

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. School  Search this

Newcomb College. School of Art  Search this

University of Houston  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Robert O. Preusser, 1991 January-October. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching -- Massachusetts  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- Texas -- Houston  Search this

Camouflage (Military science)  Search this

Painters -- Massachusetts -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Painting -- Study and teaching  Search this

Theme:

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13337

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215616

AAA_collcode_preuss91

Theme:

Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_215616

Interviewee:

Preusser, Robert O. (Robert Ormerod), 1919-1992  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F.  Search this

Names:

Art Center School (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

Boris Mirski Gallery (Boston, Mass.)  Search this

Center for Advanced Visual Studies  Search this

Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.)  Search this

Institute of Design (Chicago, Ill.)  Search this

Joan Peterson Gallery  Search this

Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Search this

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. School  Search this

Newcomb College. School of Art  Search this

University of Houston  Search this

Davidson, Ola McNeill  Search this

Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001  Search this

White, Minor  Search this

Extent:

106 Pages (Transcipt)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1991 January-October

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Robert O. Preusser conducted 1991 January-October, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.

Preusser discusses the establishment of an art department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his involvement with it first as a visiting lecturer and then as a professor of visual design. He speaks often of Gyorgy Kepes, whom he had known at the Institute of Design, Chicago, in the early 1940s, and who recruited him to M.I.T; he also discusses other faculty members, like Minor White, professor of photography. He gives attention to his courses at M.I.T., 1954-1985; early computer design projects by students; his writings on the importance of visual arts to technology; and his supervision of educational programs at M.I.T.'s Center for Advanced Visual Studies, 1974-85. An extensive part of the interview is held in an exhibition of Preusser's work at the M.I.T. Museum (April 4, 1991), discussing in particular his incorporation of various plastic and metallic materials in his works from the 1960s and 1970s. He speaks as well of the importance of his inclusion in group exhibitions at the Downtown Gallery, New York, ("Newcomers," 1951, and "Recent Arrivals, 1952) and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston ("Collectors Exhibition," 1954), and of his exhibitions at the Boris Mirski Gallery and the Joan Peterson Gallery, Boston, during the 1950s and 1960s, and at various galleries in Houston during the 1980s. Other topics of discussion are his early art instruction in his native Houston, Texas, by the painter Ola McNeill Davidson, 1930-39; further training in painting and design at the Institute of Design, Chicago, 1930-39, 1941-42; Newcomb School of Art at Tulane University, 1940-41; service with a camouflage unit in the U.S. Army, 1942-45; classes at the Art Center School, Los Angeles, 1946-47; his teaching at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1947-54, and at the University of Houston, 1951-54, and his role as co-director of the Houston Contemporary Arts Association, 1948-50.

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Preusser (1919-1992) was a painter and art instructor from Houston, Texas and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

General:

Poor sound quality. The first 35 minutes of the interview have been lost.

Originally recorded on 1 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 18 min.

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 administrators.

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching -- Massachusetts  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- Texas -- Houston  Search this

Camouflage (Military science)  Search this

Painters -- Massachusetts -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Painting -- Study and teaching  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

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.

Identifier:

AAA.preuss91

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d0f751ba-baf0-462a-afe1-d515af6a5df4

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-preuss91

Interviewee:

Romansky, Alvin S., 1907-1994  Search this

Interviewer:

Levy, Sandra Curtis  Search this

Subject:

Blaffer family  Search this

Calder, Alexander  Search this

Cullinan, Nina J.  Search this

Hayter, Stanley William  Search this

Menil, Dominique de  Search this

Menil, John de  Search this

Schiwetz, Edward Muegge  Search this

Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Alvin S. Romansky, 1979 September 17. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, American -- Texas -- Houston  Search this

Ceramicists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Collectors -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11762

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213234

AAA_collcode_romans79

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213234

Interviewee:

Uhler, Ruth Pershing, 1898-1969  Search this

Interviewer:

Loomis, Sylvia Glidden  Search this

Subject:

Index of American Design  Search this

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston  Search this

Public Works of Art Project (Tex.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ruth Pershing Uhler, 1965 May 11. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- Texas  Search this

Arts administrators -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

African American women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Women  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13087

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213736

AAA_collcode_uhler65

Theme:

New Deal

Women

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213736

Interviewee:

Uhler, Ruth Pershing, 1898-1969  Search this

Interviewer:

Loomis, Sylvia Glidden  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Index of American Design  Search this

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Public Works of Art Project (Tex.)  Search this

Extent:

11 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Date:

1965 May 11

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Ruth Pershing Uhler conducted 1965 May 11, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art.

Uhler speaks of her background and education; becoming involved with the Public Works of Art Project working on a mural project for the public library in Houston; going to work for the Museum of Fine Arts; the history of the Museum; the growth of its collection; the Index of American Design; the importance of the Museum of Fine Arts to the community.

Biographical / Historical:

Ruth Pershing Uhler (1898-1969) was a painter, mural painter, and art administrator from Houston, Texas.

General:

Interview of Victor Alessandro is also on this tape.

Provenance:

This interview 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:

Use requires an appointment.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- Texas  Search this

Arts administrators -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

African American women artists  Search this

Women painters  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sponsor:

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.

Identifier:

AAA.uhler65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90019d285-1503-45bc-9cea-4cfe445d4933

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-uhler65

Interviewee:

Romansky, Alvin S., 1907-1994  Search this

Interviewer:

Levy, Sandra Curtis  Search this

Names:

Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.)  Search this

Blaffer family  Search this

Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976  Search this

Cullinan, Nina J., 1896 or 9-1983  Search this

Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988  Search this

Menil, Dominique de  Search this

Menil, John de  Search this

Schiwetz, Edward Muegge, 1898-  Search this

Extent:

234 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1979 September 17

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Alvin S. Romansky conducted 1979 September 17, by Sandra Curtis Levy, for the Archives of American Art.

Romansky speaks of his history as a painter, ceramist, and collector; the art scene in Houston as he knew it; his political and law activities; artists and collectors who were his friends and associates; the Contemporary Arts Association; his European experiences; his personal philosophies; and the future of museums. He recalls the Blaffer family, Alexander Calder, Nina Cullinan, and John and Dominique de Menil; William Hayter and Buck Schiwetz.

Biographical / Historical:

Alvin S. Romansky (1907-1994) was a painter, ceramist, and collector of Houston, Tex.

General:

Originally recorded on 6 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 43 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.

Microfilmed as part of the Archives of American Art's Texas project.

Restrictions:

Patrons must use transcript.

Topic:

Art, American -- Texas -- Houston  Search this

Ceramicists -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Collectors -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

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.

Identifier:

AAA.romans79

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9da0fee8e-39a4-4e30-b995-76efadd773ea

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-romans79