Object Details
sova.aaa.kadish92
- Interviewee
- Kadish, Reuben, 1913-1992
- Interviewer
- Polcari, Stephen
- Names
- Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956
- Topic
- Mural painting and decoration, American
- Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
- Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
- Art and war
- Art and state
- Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
- Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
- Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
- 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.
- Interviewee
- Kadish, Reuben, 1913-1992
- Interviewer
- Polcari, Stephen
- 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
- Reuben Kadish (1913-1992) was a painter, sculptor, and mural painter from New York, N.Y.
- Extent
- 1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)
- 40 Pages (Transcript)
- Date
- 1992 Apr. 15
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.kadish92
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Sound cassettes
- Pages
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Transcript available on line
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Scope and Contents
- An interview of Reuben Kadish conducted 1992 Apr. 15, by Stephen Polcari, for the Archives of American Art. Kadish discusses designing murals for the WPA in the 1930s; working as an artist in the South Pacific for the U.S. Army during World War II; the N.Y. art scene in the 1940s; and his views on government support of the arts and on art censorship. He recalls Jackson Pollock.
- Restrictions
- Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
AAA.kadish92
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- Record ID
- ebl-1596366102668-1596366102670-0

