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Oral history interview with Philip Evergood

Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Philip Evergood, 1968 Dec. 3, Transcript
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Object Details

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GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9432c5475-33d6-460b-bf33-8f296f82e185
Interviewee
Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973
Interviewer
Selvig, Forrest
Names
Baron, Herman, 1892-1961
Hirshhorn, Joseph H.
Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933
Tonks, Henry, 1862-1937
Topic
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
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.
Interviewee
Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973
Interviewer
Selvig, Forrest
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.
Biographical / Historical
Philip Evergood (1901-1973) was a painter from New York, N.Y.
Extent
1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings, 7 in.)
51 Pages (Transcript)
Date
1968 Dec. 3
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.evergo68
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound tape reels
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Scope and Contents
An interview of Philip Evergood conducted 1968 Dec. 3, by Forrest Selvig, for the Archives of American Art, in the artist's home, in Bridgewater, Conn.
Evergood speaks of his childhood and his parents; his education at the Slade School with Henry Tonks and at the Art Students League with George Luks and William Von Schlegell; life in Paris in the 1920s at the Academie Julian; his marriage; life in New York City in the 1930s; the Depression and the WPA; and his exhibitions at the Dudensing, ACA, and other galleries and museums. Evergood comments on his paintings, "The Dance Marathon," "Lily and the Sparrows," and others. He discusses his philosophy of art, the meaning of "social painting," and artists of the 1930s as compared with the artists of the 1960s. He recalls Joseph Hirshhorn, Herman Baron, Stuart Davis, Reginald Marsh, Peter Blume, and others. Also present during the interview is Evergood's wife, Julia.
Restrictions
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
AAA.evergo68
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9432c5475-33d6-460b-bf33-8f296f82e185
AAA.evergo68
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1596193254804-1596193254816-0
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