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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

Collection Creator:

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Department of Anthropology  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. Department of Anthropology  Search this

Smithsonian Institution. United States National Museum. Department of Anthropology  Search this

Container:

Box 25

Type:

Archival materials

Collection Restrictions:

Some materials are restricted.

Access to the Department of Anthropology records requires an appointment.

Collection Rights:

Contact the repository for terms of use.

Collection Citation:

Department of Anthropology Records, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

See more items in:

Department of Anthropology records

Department of Anthropology records / Series 16: Division of Archaeology / 16.5: Reference Files / [Magazines not in a folder]

Archival Repository:

National Anthropological Archives

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nw34698dc56-26fe-4d42-8c4e-db88e1dfc365

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-naa-xxxx-0311-ref12669

Interviewee:

Vevers, Tony, 1926-2008  Search this

Interviewer:

Brown, Robert F  Search this

Subject:

Avery, Milton  Search this

Blagden, Tom  Search this

Calcagno, Lawrence  Search this

Gottlieb, Adolph  Search this

Halvorsen, Elspeth  Search this

Hartung, Hans  Search this

Hofmann, Hans  Search this

Keller, Deane  Search this

Kline, Franz  Search this

Levine, Jack  Search this

Lippold, Richard  Search this

Nevelson, Louise  Search this

Oldenburg, Claes  Search this

Pace, Stephen  Search this

Picasso, Pablo  Search this

Stieglitz, Alfred  Search this

Vieira da Silva, 1908-  Search this

Weber, Max  Search this

Zallinger, Rudolph F.  Search this

City Center Gallery  Search this

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

Operation Pied Piper  Search this

United States  Search this

Yale University  Search this

United States. Army  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Provincetown (Mass.)

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Tony Vevers, 1998 July 9-August 25. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12251

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216378

AAA_collcode_vevers98

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_216378

Author:

Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor  Search this

Merrilees, Rebecca A  Search this

Zallinger, Rudolph F  Search this

Physical description:

160 p. illus. 16 cm

Type:

Juvenile literature

Date:

1974

[1974]

Topic:

Evolution  Search this

Call number:

QH367.1.R45X 1974

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_343527

Author:

Ley, Willy 1906-1969  Search this

Illustrator:

Zallinger, Rudolph F.  Search this

Physical description:

140 pages illustrations (some color) 29 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1971

[1971]

Topic:

Historical geology  Search this

Paleontology  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1069381