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Interviewee:

Vevers, Tony  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F.  Search this

Names:

City Center Gallery  Search this

Hans Hofmann School (New York, New York)  Search this

Operation Pied Piper  Search this

United States -- Montgomery G.I. Bill  Search this

United States. Army  Search this

Yale University -- Students  Search this

Avery, Milton, 1885-1965  Search this

Blagden, Tom  Search this

Calcagno, Lawrence, 1913-  Search this

Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974  Search this

Halvorsen, Elspeth  Search this

Hartung, Hans, 1904-1989  Search this

Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966  Search this

Keller, Deane, 1901-1992  Search this

Kline, Franz, 1910-1962  Search this

Levine, Jack, 1915-2010  Search this

Lippold, Richard, 1915-2002  Search this

Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988  Search this

Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-  Search this

Pace, Stephen, 1918-2010  Search this

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946  Search this

Vieira da Silva, 1908-  Search this

Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this

Zallinger, Rudolph F.  Search this

Extent:

2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording (2 hr., 49 min.), analog)

58 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound cassettes

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Provincetown (Mass.)

Date:

1998 July 9-August 25

Scope and Contents:

Interview of Tony Vevers, conducted on August 25, 1998, by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Vevers speaks of being sent by his parents to the United States in 1940; secondary schooling in Madison, Connecticut and at the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Connecticut (1944); serving in the U.S. Army infantry in Europe, 1944-1946; attending Yale University on the GI Bill and graduating with a BA in painting and drawing, 1950; further art training in Florence, Italy and at the Hans Hofmann School, NYC (1950-1953); his marriage to Elspeth Halvorsen, fellow artist, 1953; his studies in Italy; the unexciting nature of contemporary Italian art; contemporary art in Paris, where Picasso impressed him but work of Hans Hartung and (Marie Elena) Vieira da Silva did not; studying with Hans Hofmann; working at the non-profit City Center Gallery, which was designed to give younger artists exposure through juried exhibitions; and living in poverty in NYC and Provincetown until 1963. Vevers also recalls Tom Blagden, Alfred Stieglitz, Deane Keller, Rudolph Zallinger, Claes Oldenburg, Stephen Pace, Lawrence Calcagno, Hans Hofmann, Milton Avery, Adolph Gottlieb, Jack Levine, Franz Kline, Louise Nevelson, Max Weber, Richard Lippold, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Tony Vevers (1926-2008) was a painter from Provincetown, Massachusetts.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 49 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:

Art teachers -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Art, French -- 20th century  Search this

Art, Italian -- 20th century  Search this

Art, Modern  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- Italy  Search this

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

Poverty  Search this

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States  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.vevers98

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9895b7c6b-c510-442a-b997-8973a7d9279f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-vevers98

Author:

Chassey, Éric de  Search this

Lecoq-Ramond, Sylvie  Search this

Lyon (France) Musée des beaux-arts  Search this

Subject:

Baumeister, Willi 1889-1955  Search this

Dłubak, Zbigniew  Search this

Fontana, Lucio 1899-1968  Search this

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Istler, Josef  Search this

Michaux, Henri 1899-1984  Search this

Pollock, Jackson 1912-1956  Search this

Richier, Germaine 1902-1959  Search this

Saura, Antonio 1930-1998  Search this

Soulages, Pierre 1919-  Search this

Velde, Bram van 1895-1981  Search this

Wols 1913-1951  Search this

Physical description:

352 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

France

Lyon

Date:

2008

C2008

20th century

Topic:

Art, Modern  Search this

Painting, Modern  Search this

World War, 1939-1945--Art and the war  Search this

Art  Search this

Call number:

N6493 1945 .A13 2008

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_909216

Author:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

González, Julio 1876-1942  Search this

Stoullig, Claire  Search this

Coussy, Jean-Paul  Search this

Maison des arts Georges Pompidou (Cajarc, France)  Search this

IVAM Centre Julio González  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

González, Julio 1876-1942  Search this

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

France

Date:

1991

C1991

20th century

Topic:

Artistic collaboration  Search this

Art, French  Search this

Call number:

N40.1.H333 M2 1991

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_475336

Author:

Gindertael, Roger van 1899-  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Physical description:

125, [3] p. illus. (part col.) ports. 29 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1961

Call number:

N40.1.H333 G4 1961

N40.1.H333G4 1961

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_444813

Author:

Pontégnie, Anne  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989 Criticism and interpretation  Search this

Physical description:

223 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Germany

Date:

2006

20th century

Topic:

Art, Abstract  Search this

Art, German  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_771997

Author:

Calvesi, Maurizio  Search this

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Galleria d'arte Cafiso (Milan, Italy)  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Physical description:

95 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

2005

C2005

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_786246

Author:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Bergman, Anna-Eva 1909-1987  Search this

Musée Picasso (Antibes, France)  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Bergman, Anna-Eva 1909-1987  Search this

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

1995

C1995

Call number:

ND588.H34 A4 1995

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_790985

Author:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Physical description:

[76] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 34 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1980

[1980]

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_782488

Author:

Mundy, Jennifer  Search this

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Tate Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Physical description:

127 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 25 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

1996

Call number:

N6888.H3 A4 1996

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_816432

Author:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

André Emmerich Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Physical description:

1 folded sheet : col. ill. ; 30 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

1966

[1966]

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1001929

Author:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Apollonio, Umbro 1911-  Search this

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) 202 illus. (79 col.) 32 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1972

[1972, c1966]

Call number:

N40.1.H333 A6

N40.1.H333A6

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_16288

Author:

Gindertael, Roger van 1899-  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Physical description:

125, [3] p. illus. (part col.) ports. 29 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1960

[1960]

Call number:

ND588.H34 G5x

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_669161

Author:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Galerie de France (Paris, France)  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Physical description:

[8] p., [20] leaves of plates : chiefly col. ill. ; 36 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1974

[1974]

Call number:

ND588.H34 P37 Oversize

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_647590

Author:

Rousseau, Madeleine  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Physical description:

55, [8] p. plates (part col.) port. 29 x 31 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1950

1950]

Call number:

ND588.H34 R6

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_657389

Author:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston  Search this

Musée du Québec  Search this

Museum of Contemporary Art  Search this

Physical description:

55 p. (chiefly plates (part col.), port.) 29 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1969

1969]

Call number:

N40.1.H333 H8

N40.1.H333H8

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_7067

Author:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

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

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Physical description:

[16] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1975

C1975

Call number:

ND588.H34 A4 1975

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_644357

Author:

Gibson, Michael 1929-  Search this

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

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

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Physical description:

[12] p. illus. 19 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

1971

C1971]

Call number:

ND588.H34 A4 1971

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_646214

Author:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Musée de Carcassonne  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Physical description:

[68] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

1988

C1988

Call number:

ND588.H34 A4 1988

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_646989

Author:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

Physical description:

[88] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1975

Call number:

N40.1.H333 N5

N40.1.H333N5

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_67697

Author:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

González, Julio 1876-1942  Search this

Abadie, Daniel  Search this

Galerie de France (Paris, France)  Search this

Galleria Pieter Coray  Search this

Subject:

Hartung, Hans 1904-1989  Search this

González, Julio 1876-1942  Search this

Physical description:

108 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

1992

C1992

Call number:

N6888.H3 G658 1992

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_643105