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Oral history interview with Al Held

Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Al Held, 1975 Nov. 19-1976 Jan. 8, Transcript
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Object Details

sova.aaa.held75
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw925452e26-27dc-4394-b6f4-daf5b67adbd0
Interviewee
Held, Al, 1928-
Interviewer
Cummings, Paul
Topic
Painting, American
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
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.
Interviewee
Held, Al, 1928-
Interviewer
Cummings, Paul
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
Al Held (1928-2005) is a painter from New York, N.Y. Studied at the Art Students League. Teaches at Yale University School of Art.
Extent
5 Sound tape reels (Sound recording (10 hrs.), 1 7/8 ips., 5 in.)
239 Pages (Transcript)
Date
1975 Nov. 19-1976 Jan. 8
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.held75
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound tape reels
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Scope and Contents
An interview of Al Held conducted 1975 Nov. 19-1976 Jan. 8, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Held discusses his childhood; studying at the Art Students League; going to Paris for three years to study painting on the G.I. bill in the 1950's; experiences as a painter in N.Y. during the 1960's; the stages of his artistic development; his artistic philosophy; techniques; teaching painting classes at Yale since the 1960's; and his one man show at the Whitney Museum of Art in 1974.
Restrictions
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
AAA.held75
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw925452e26-27dc-4394-b6f4-daf5b67adbd0
AAA.held75
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1596232905165-1596232905167-0
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