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Interviewee:

Woell, J. Fred, 1934-  Search this

Interviewer:

Gold, Donna, 1953-  Search this

Subject:

Callahan, Harry M.  Search this

Boy Scouts of America  Search this

Cranbrook Academy of Art  Search this

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts  Search this

University of Wisconsin--Madison  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Jewelers -- Maine -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-workers -- Maine -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11914

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)227021

AAA_collcode_woell01

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_227021

Interviewee:

Bedia, José, 1959-  Search this

Interviewer:

Martínez, Juan A  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Artists -- Florida -- Miami -- Interviews  Search this

Expatriate artists -- Florida -- Miami -- Interviews  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Florida -- Miami  Search this

Hispanic American artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)5419

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216459

AAA_collcode_bedia98

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_216459

Interviewee:

Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990  Search this

Interviewer:

Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington),, 1920-  Search this

Subject:

Grosz, George  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Art and state  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Illustrators -- Rhode Island -- Interviews  Search this

Printmakers -- Rhode Island -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12479

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213440

AAA_collcode_eichen64

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213440

Interviewee:

Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this

Interviewer:

Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington),, 1920-  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12891

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213746

AAA_collcode_reinha64

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213746

Interviewee:

Breer, Robert C. (Robert Carlton), 1926-2011  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul, 1933-1997  Search this

Subject:

Oldenburg, Claes  Search this

Tinguely, Jean  Search this

Bonino Gallery  Search this

Galerie Denise René  Search this

PepsiCo, Inc.  Search this

Stanford University  Search this

United States  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Topic:

Art informel  Search this

Filmmakers -- Interviews  Search this

Kinetic sculpture  Search this

Sculptors -- Interviews  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11951

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212084

AAA_collcode_breer73

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212084

Published by:

Alan Bell, American  Search this

Edited by:

Alan Bell, American  Search this

Subject of:

National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays, American, 1978 - 1990  Search this

Sweet Baby J'ai, American  Search this

Joseph F. Beam, American, 1954 - 1988  Search this

Nate N. Holden, American, born 1929  Search this

National Association of Black and White Men Together, American, founded 1980  Search this

Minority AIDS Project, American, founded 1985  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 1/4 × 1/8 in. (27.4 × 20.9 × 0.3 cm)

Type:

magazines (periodicals)

Place made:

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

February 1989

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Communities  Search this

Health  Search this

Identity  Search this

LGBTQ  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Medicine  Search this

Sexuality  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

U.S. History, 1969-2001  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alan Bell

Object number:

2018.108.3

Restrictions & Rights:

© BLK Publishing Company, Inc.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5197f425f-addf-452d-a3bd-40e5387b7569

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2018.108.3

Published by:

Alan Bell, American  Search this

Edited by:

Alan Bell, American  Search this

Subject of:

National Coalition of Black Lesbians and Gays, American, 1978 - 1990  Search this

National Association of Black and White Men Together, American, founded 1980  Search this

Minority AIDS Project, American, founded 1985  Search this

Natalie Cole, American, 1950 - 2015  Search this

Whoopi Goldberg, American, born 1955  Search this

Sylvester, American, 1947 - 1988  Search this

Phill Wilson, American, born 1956  Search this

Pat Norman, American, born 1939  Search this

Randy Cochran, American, born 1962  Search this

Lorraine Hansberry, American, 1930 - 1965  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 10 13/16 × 8 1/4 × 1/8 in. (27.4 × 20.9 × 0.3 cm)

Type:

magazines (periodicals)

Place made:

Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, North and Central America

Date:

March 1989

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Communities  Search this

Health  Search this

Identity  Search this

LGBTQ  Search this

Mass media  Search this

Sexuality  Search this

U.S. History, 1969-2001  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Alan Bell

Object number:

2018.108.4

Restrictions & Rights:

© BLK Publishing Company, Inc.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Published Works

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fbbf6a50-e602-4af3-88f1-2dd09e34acc1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2018.108.4

Designer:

Harvey Smith, American, 1906–1994  Search this

Manufacturer:

Piazza Prints Inc., New York, NY, founded 1946  Search this

Medium:

Brush and gouache, bronze paint, graphite on white wove paper

Type:

wallpaper designs

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

USA

Date:

1960

Credit Line:

Gift of Harvey Smith

Accession Number:

1967-97-24-c

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4389d32ff-c4b1-4124-9062-20617001b62e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1967-97-24-c

Designer:

Harvey Smith, American, 1906–1994  Search this

Clayton Ryder  Search this

Medium:

Horizontal rectange. Large brilliantly colored butterflies on green background.

Type:

textile designs

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

USA

Date:

1963

Credit Line:

Gift of Harvey Smith

Accession Number:

1967-97-26

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq461449189-9e33-4889-8da4-86036c1f55ff

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1967-97-26

Artist:

Harvey Smith, American, 1906–1994  Search this

Medium:

Brush and gouache with graphite on paper

Type:

textile designs

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

USA

Date:

ca. 1925–35

Credit Line:

Gift of Harvey Smith

Accession Number:

1967-59-1

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4edcc17ff-7d8e-49fe-b4b8-a1fc4c877f2e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1967-59-1

Artist:

Harvey Smith, American, 1906–1994  Search this

Medium:

Brush and gouache on paper

Type:

textile designs

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

USA

Date:

ca. 1925–35

Credit Line:

Gift of Harvey Smith

Accession Number:

1967-59-14

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47db8b871-6a30-47d5-bf51-c2b00ecbbf46

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1967-59-14

Artist:

Harvey Smith, American, 1906–1994  Search this

Medium:

Brush and gouache, graphite on thin white paper

Type:

textile designs

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

USA

Date:

ca. 1925–35

Credit Line:

Gift of Harvey Smith

Accession Number:

1967-59-2

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq494c96ffb-22a4-4de1-ac57-8bcc290c35d4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1967-59-2

Artist:

Harvey Smith, American, 1906–1994  Search this

Medium:

Brush and gouache, graphite on white paper

Type:

textile designs

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

USA

Date:

ca. 1925–35

Credit Line:

Gift of Harvey Smith

Accession Number:

1967-59-4

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

See more items in:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47aaf801a-694a-4c78-89f1-677109415539

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1967-59-4

Interviewee:

Cederquist, John  Search this

Interviewer:

Riedel, Mija, 1958-  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

California State University -- Students  Search this

Franklin Parrasch Gallery  Search this

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Oakland Museum  Search this

Saddleback College -- Faculty  Search this

Bennett, Garry Knox, 1934-  Search this

Clark, Garth, 1947-  Search this

Cooke, Edward S., 1954-  Search this

Danto, Arthur Coleman, 1924-  Search this

Gaines, Tom  Search this

Hughes, Robert  Search this

Largin, Roberta Smith  Search this

Makepeace, John  Search this

Maruyama, Wendy, 1952-  Search this

Parrasch, Franklin  Search this

Snidecor, John  Search this

Straight, Bob  Search this

Straight, Chris  Search this

Turnbull, George  Search this

Zuecher, Gary  Search this

Extent:

11 Items (Sound recording: 11 sound files (4 hr., 54 min.), digital, wav file)

111 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2009 April 14-15

Scope and Contents:

An interview of John Cederquist conducted 2009 April 14-15, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Cederquist's studio, in San Clemente, California.

John Cederquist speaks of his recent series Dollar Bill; his long-standing interest in perspective and use of tool imagery in his work; his childhood in Southern California; his early interest in art through custom car art; high school art instruction and focusing on craft; earning undergraduate and graduate degrees at California State University, Long Beach in the late 1960s and early 1970s; teaching at Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, California, starting in the early 1970s; work in wood and leather; other brief teaching jobs in Southern California universities; early exhibitions; exhibition and demonstrations at Parnham House, Beaminster, England, 1978; starting to teach perspective at Saddleback; Number One; the Egg and the Eye gallery/cafe, Los Angeles, California; Game Table [1982]; Auntie Macassar Goes West, 1987-88; philosophical and aesthetic differences between wood artists on the East and West coasts; exhibition: "Material Evidence: Master Craftsmen Explore ColorCore," Workbench: the Gallery, New York, New York, 1984; "California Woodworking," the Oakland Museum [of California, 1980; Thonet catalog as source material]; influence of animation in film and television; the perceptual and conceptual issues in translating two dimensions into three, and vice versa; the nature of illusion and perception; inclusion of work in an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1989; the influence of How to Wrap Five Eggs: Traditional Japanese Packaging, Hideyuki Oka, Trumbull, Connecticut: Weatherhill, 1967; use of the Thomas Chippendale book (1754) as source material; subtle influence of cubism on Ghost Boy [1992] piece; his choice of furniture as the vehicle for his aesthetic exploration; series Furniture That Builds Itself (1991-2007), and continued influence of cartoons and animation; his choice of different kinds of wood; series How to Wrap Five Crates; series Kimonos and the influence of Japanese aesthetics; When Machines Dream of Hokusai [1995]: Road to Dreamland; series Wave (early to mid-1990s), and Tubular [1990], the first in the series; series Kosode; series This Is Not Lunch; historical Japanese tattoos as a source of inspiration; "Furniture That Builds Itself," Franklin Parrasch Gallery, New York, New York, 2003; sense of humor and "goofiness" in his work; Flat Foot Floogie Builds a Bench. [2003]; influence of photography on his work; his pieces as functional furniture and the artistic potential therein; social commentary in his recent Kosode pieces; Heavenly Victory; how his pieces get named; "The Art of John Cederquist: Reality of Illusion," Oakland Museum of California, 1999-2000; Breakthrough series: Steamer, early 1990s; Top Drawer (1985); Space Age Wave Machine (1999); use of thick wood instead of veneer; strengths and weaknesses of a university setting for art studies; the importance of being part of the craft movement; the role of Garth Clark's gallery in the movement; the importance of working with the Franklin Parrasch gallery; his admiration for art critic Robert Hughes; the role of online media in art journalism and criticism and journalism. He also recalls Gary Zuercher, Franklin Parrasch, John Snidecor, George Turnbull, John Makepeace, Edward S. Cooke, Garry Knox Bennett, Wendy Maruyama, Tom Gaines, Bob and Chris Straight, Arthur Danto, and Roberta Smith.

Biographical / Historical:

John Cederquist (1946- ) creates fine art furniture and wood sculpture. Cederquist is known for using trompe l'oeil in his work. He was educated at Long Beach State University and teaches at Saddleback College.

General:

Originally recorded on 3 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 54 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.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Cabinetmakers -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Study and teaching  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Furniture designers -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Woodworkers -- California -- Interviews.  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

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.cederq09

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-cederq09

Interviewee:

Woell, J. Fred, 1934-  Search this

Interviewer:

Gold, Donna, 1953-  Search this

Creator:

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

Names:

Boy Scouts of America  Search this

Cranbrook Academy of Art -- Students  Search this

Haystack Mountain School of Crafts -- Faculty  Search this

Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this

University of Wisconsin--Madison -- Students  Search this

Callahan, Harry M.  Search this

Extent:

75 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2001 June 6-2002 January 19

Scope and Contents:

An interview of J. Fred Woell conducted 2001 June 6-2002 January 19, by Donna Gold, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, in the artist's home and studio, Deer Isle, Maine.

Woell speaks of his childhood and the impact of many moves; his affiliation with the Presbyterian Church; his experiences at Park College and the University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, studying economics and political science; and the influence of jewelry teacher Robert Von Neumann. Woell describes his experience in the masters program at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and refers again to his early childhood noting his participation in Boy Scouts and how it engendered his respect for the environment. He also mentions collecting baseball cards and rocks; the absence of a peer group; and his lack of confidence. He discusses his affinity for open space and unpopulated places; his enjoyment of camping, kayaking with his wife Pat; and notes that his views of nature mirror those of Taoists. He cites effective teaching techniques and comments on secondary school curricula. He discusses a cover story about his work in Metalsmith and his mother's response; his early art classes and interest in drawing cartoons; his tendency to be a clown; his participation in an American-Legion-sponsored event called Boys State; artists as purveyors of culture; and the premise for a workshop titled "Art by Accident." Woell speaks of influence of a John Cage performance at University of Illinois and subsequently contacting Cage; and teaching at Boston University, Haystack, and elsewhere. Woell also provides thoughtful commentary on the teaching style and learning process at Cranbrook Academy of Art. He discusses in some detail the strong influence of Vincent Campanella and Frank Gallo on his work; sharing a workbench with Bob von Neumann; recording and saving ideas; drawing preliminary sketches for jewelry; and his early sculptures of helmets and spoons. He describes and interprets his piece, "Come Alive, You're in the Pepsi Generation," and he comments on found-object pieces that were inspired by Scouting and cartooning. Woell explains how his environmental concerns inform his work and argues that art has a healing function. He remarks on meeting and marrying Kathleen, his first wife; his one-man show at Garth Clark Gallery; and how his work is part of an American, rather than international, tradition. Woell discusses his relationship with galleries including Helen Drutt in Philadelphia, Sybaris Gallery in Royal Oak, Michigan, Connell Gallery in Atlanta, and Mobilia in Cambridge, Massachusetts He points out the value of being included in publications such as, "Metalsmith," "Jewelers Circular Keystone," "Ornament," "American Craft," "Craft Horizon," and "Craft Report." He speaks about commissions for institutions and individuals and describes his current obligation to Haystack and his plans for his retirement, which includes exploring photography and making videos. Woell also describes his typical workday and his symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder and dyslexia. He recalls Peter Voulkos, Jennifer Burton, Francis Sumner Merritt, Ronald Pearson, Georg Jensen, Audrey Handler, Jerry Brown, Jon Wilson, and others.

On January 19, 2002 Woell added an addendum to the interview which included remarks about September 11, 2001 acts of terrorism in the U.S.

Biographical / Historical:

J. Fred Woell (1934-) is a jeweler and metalsmith from Deer Isle, Maine. Donna Gold (1953-) is an art critic from Stockton Springs, Maine.

General:

Originally recorded on 6 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 43 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:

Jewelers -- Maine -- Interviews  Search this

Metal-workers -- Maine -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.

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.woell01

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-woell01

Interviewee:

Richter, Mischa, 1910-2001  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F.  Search this

Names:

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. School  Search this

Yale University. School of Fine Arts  Search this

Barnet, Will, 1911-2012  Search this

Bloom, Hyman, 1913-  Search this

Levine, Jack, 1915-2010  Search this

Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967  Search this

Steig, William, 1907-  Search this

Zimmerman, Harold K., 1905-1941  Search this

Extent:

3 Items (sound cassettes 2 hr., 43 min.), analog.)

54 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1994 September 27-28

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Mischa Richter conducted 1994 September 27-28, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.

Richter tells of his life as the only child of a prosperous Jewish family in Kharkov, Ukraine, where he showed early precocity in drawing. He remembers the Russian Revolution, being taken to Poland in 1921, and then in 1922 to New York and Boston. He discusses his education in Boston, including drawing lessons with Harold Zimmerman at which he got to know Hyman Bloom and Jack Levine; and classes at the Museum School in Boston from 1929 to 1930.

He speaks of his long-time friendship with Will Barnet, attending Yale School of Fine Arts, 1930-1934, and painting a WPA mural for the Boston Boys Club in 1935. He remembers meeting Will Steig, deciding to become a cartoonist, and selling enough drawings to leave the WPA to work as art editor for "The New Masses," where he became close friends with Ad Reinhardt. He discusses becoming a contract cartoonist in 1940 for "The New Yorker;" his avoidance of art dealers, because they demand steady production yet have no known goals, unlike a magazine; his abhorrence of taking himself, or others, too seriously; the perils of early success and the pettiness of many matters in the art community of Provincetown, Mass.; and the nature of his paintings.

Biographical / Historical:

Mischa Richter (1910-2001) was a painter and cartoonist from New York, N.Y. and Provincetown, Mass. Richter was born in the Ukraine. He came to the United States in 1922, attending special art classes for gifted students at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and subsequently graduating from the Yale School of Fine Arts in 1934. After working on the WPA art project as a mural painter in New York, he turned to cartooning, doing editorial and humorous cartoons for the daily newspaper, PM, and then becoming art editor for the New Masses. In 1941 he began his longtime affiliation with the New Yorker, as well as producing daily panels, "Strictly Richter" and "Bugs Baer" for King Features. In the 1970s and 1980s, Richter did numerous drawings for the OpEd page of the New York Times. Died March 23, 2001, at age 90.

General:

Sound quality is poor.

Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 43 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.

Occupation:

Cartoonists -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Cartooning  Search this

Jewish artists  Search this

Painters -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown -- Interviews  Search this

Magazine illustration  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.richte94

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-richte94

Interviewee:

Bedia, José, 1959-  Search this

Interviewer:

Martínez, Juan A.  Search this

Extent:

159 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1998 February 13

Scope and Contents:

An interview of José Bedia conducted 1998 February 13, by Juan A. Martínez, in Bedia's studio/home, Miami, Florida, for the Archives of American Art.

Bedia discusses his early inclination toward drawing and interest in cartooning; receiving rigorous academic training at San Alejandro Art Academy in Havana and being introduced also to non-western art; attending graduate school at the Instituto Superior del Arte, 1976-1981; participating upon graduation in the Volumen I exhibition which was a turning point for Cuban artists; travel outside of Cuba to Budapest via Berlin, to New York, to an Indian reservation in the Southwest where he became acquainted with North American native art and artists, and to Angola with the Cuban military, where he came into contact with African roots of Cuban culture; moving to Mexico City and then to Miami; his art and inspirations; religion; his collection of African and American Indian art; and exhibitions in which he has participated.

Biographical / Historical:

José Bedia (1959-) is a painter from Miami, Florida.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 15 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. Funding for this interview provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Latino Pool Fund.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Artists -- Cuba  Search this

Topic:

Artists -- Florida -- Miami -- Interviews  Search this

Expatriate artists -- Florida -- Miami -- Interviews  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Florida -- Miami  Search this

Hispanic American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

The digital preservation of this interview received Federal support from the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.

Identifier:

AAA.bedia98

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-bedia98

Interviewee:

Gordin, Sidney, 1918-1996  Search this

Interviewer:

Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994  Search this

Names:

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art -- Students  Search this

Pratt Institute -- Faculty  Search this

Harrison, Wallace, 1900-  Search this

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966  Search this

Jewell, Edward Alden, 1888-1947  Search this

Kantor, Morris, 1896-1974  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956  Search this

Rosenborg, Ralph M., 1913-1992  Search this

Thomas, Byron, 1902-1978  Search this

Extent:

23 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 Sept. 2

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Sidney Gordin conducted 1965 Sept. 2, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art.

Gordin speaks of immigrating to the United States from Shanghai, China in 1922; being the class artist in grade school; attending Brooklyn Technical High School; studying at the WPA art school at the Brooklyn Museum for a summer; attending the Cooper Union School of Art; encountering Cubism; working as a commercial artist and making cartoons; teaching at the Pratt Institute; and alternating, as inspiration strikes, between painting and sculpture; and Constructivist philosophy. Gordin also mentions Ralph Rosenborg, Tom Eldred, Carol and Wallace Harrison, Edward Alden Jewell, Pablo Picasso, Byron Thomas, Morris Kantor, Hans Hofmann, Paul Clay, Jackson Pollock, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Sidney Gordin (1918-1996) was a sculptor and educator from Berkeley, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 1 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 teachers -- California -- Berkeley -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- Berkeley  Search this

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Sculptors -- California -- Berkeley -- Interviews  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.gordin65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gordin65

Interviewee:

Harari, Hananiah, 1912-2000  Search this

Interviewer:

Stavitsky, Gail, 1954-  Search this

Names:

Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964  Search this

Emanuel, Herzl, ca. 1915-  Search this

Extent:

2 Sound cassettes (Sound recordings (3 hours))

76 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1992 Sept. 24-Oct. 15

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Hananiah Harari conducted 1992 Sept. 24-Oct. 15, by Gail Stavitsky, for the Archives of American Art. Harari discusses his work as he shows examples to the interviewer; mural sketches he completed for the WPA (1936-1941); his background; the N.Y. art scene in the 1930s; his political cartoons; writing a monthly column in the magazine THE NEW MASSES entitled "On Safari with Harari"; his commercial artwork; being blacklisted as a commercial artist during the McCarthy Era; how his views on Communism have changed; his early training; studying in Paris and traveling around Europe for several years in the early 1930s; his teaching career at The School of Visual Arts, N.Y. (1974-1991) and at the Art Students League. He recalls Stuart Davis and Herzl Emanuel.

Biographical / Historical:

Hananiah Harari (1912-2000) was a painter, cartoonist, muralist, commercial artist, and educator from New York. Born in Rochester, NY. Taught at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan from 1974-1990 and at the Art Students League from 1984-1999. Died July 19, 2000.

General:

Sound quality is poor in parts of the interview.

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 administrators. Funding for this interview was provided by the Horace Goldsmith Foundation.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Commercial artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Political cartoons  Search this

Commercial art  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  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.harari92

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-harari92

Interviewee:

Ruscha, Edward  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Extent:

128 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1980 October 29-1981 October 2

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Edward Ruscha conducted 1980 October 29-1981 October 2, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.

Ruscha speaks of his strong Catholic upbringing; his move to Oklahoma in 1941; schooling; early interest in art, encouraged by his mother; interest in cartoons; initial art lessons with Richard Getz, Oklahoma City are unsuccessful; discussion on cartoonists; visits his sister in Mexico City in high school, first introduction to a cosmopolitan city and to modern architecture; moves to Los Angeles in 1956; enrolls in Chouinard Art Institute; the influence of Robert Irwin as professor of life drawing; his change and growth in attitude and lifestyle while at Chouinard; apprentices at Plantin Press and becomes interested in book printing; influence of John Altoon; his interest in the work of Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauchenberg; after art school he visits New York and Europe in 1961; feels that in the 1960s art was burgeoning in America; his meeting in New York with Leo Castelli and Ivan Karp, shows them first of his serious work; is shown, and is impressed by, Roy Lichtenstein's early Pop Art; his feelings about the new museum of contemporary art in Los Angeles and his return there; the first Pop Art exhibition, "New Painting of Common Objects," at the Pasadena Museum; develops contacts with the Ferus Group; a solo exhibit at Ferus in 1963; Ruscha considered part of initial Pop Art scene; the importance of subject matter and the serial image in Pop Art.

He discusses Pop Art's place in art history; his initial feelings about being considered a Pop artist; the influence of Los Angeles and its environment on his work; his feelings about English awareness of America; a discussion of his use of words as images; a discussion of the Standard Station as an American icon; a discussion of the notion of freedom as it is perceived as a Southern California phenomenon; how he sees himself in relation to the Los Angeles mural movement (L.A. Fine Arts Squad); the importance of communication to him; his relationship with the entertainment world in Los Angeles and its misinterpretation of him; his books; collaboration with Mason Williams on "Crackers;" his approach toward conceiving an idea for paintings; personal feelings about the books that he has done; the importance of motion in his work; a discussion of the movies "Miracle" and "Premium;" his friendship with Joe Goode; his return from Europe and his studio in Glassell Park; his move to Hollywood in 1965; the problems of balancing the domestic life and the artistic life; his stain paintings and what he hopes to learn from using stains; a disscussion of bicentemial exhibition at the L.A. County Museum: "Art in Los Angeles: Seventeen Artists in the Sixties," 1981; a discussion of the origin of L.A. Pop as an off shoot from the American realist tradition; his feelings about being considered a realist; the importance for him of elevating humble objects onto the canvas; a discussion on how he chooses the words he uses in his paintings; and his feelings about the future direction of his work. Ruscha also recalls Bob Bonaparte, Mason Williams, Munro Leaf, Norman Rockwell, Basil Wolverton, Robert Crumb, David Hockney, Jerry McMillan, Pat Blackwell, Don Graham, Bud Coleman, Emerson Woelffer, Herbert Jepson, Richards Rubin, Billy Al Bengston, Larry Bell, Leo Monahan, Ed Keinholz, Aaron Cohen, Saul Marks, Jack Kerouac, Wally Berman, George Herms, Clyfford Still, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Kenneth Price, Peter Voulkos, Renato Bertelli, Guillaume Apollinaire, Pablo Picasso, Francis Picabia, Stuart Davis, John Sloan, Andrew Wyeth, Winslow Homer, Charles Sheeler, Walker Evans, Johannes Baargeld [Alfred Grünweld], Walter Hopps, Pontus Hulten, Henry Hopkins, Ronny Miyashiro, Eddie Bereal, Henry Geldzahler, Craig Kauffman, Ed Moses, Irving Blum, Jan Stussy, Andy Warhol, Phillip Hefferton, Richard Hamilton, Wayne Thiebaud, John Coplans, Jack Quinn, Nick Wilder, De Wain Valentine, Candy Clark, Laddie John Dill, Martial Raysse, Peter Alexander, Norman Zammitt, Ron Davis, H.C. Westermann, Claes Oldeburg, and Frank Zappa.

Biographical / Historical:

Edward Ruscha (1937- ) is a painter from Los Angeles, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 9 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 17 digital wav files. Duration is 8 hr., 16 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:

Pop art  Search this

Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  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.ruscha80

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-ruscha80