Oral history interview with Alexander Brook
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 11 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Brook, Alexander, 1898-1980
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Penguin Club (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Whitney Studio Club
label: Names
content: Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987
label: Names
content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
label: Names
content: Fisher, William Murrell
label: Names
content: Force, Juliana, 1876-1948
label: Names
content: Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987
label: Names
content: Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967
label: Names
content: Kuniyoshi, Yasuo, 1889-1953
label: Names
content: Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952
label: Names
content: Nakian, Reuben, 1897-1986
label: Names
content: Romanowsky, Dimitri
topic: label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Brook, Alexander, 1898-1980
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alexander Brook (1898-1980) was a painter from Sag Harbor, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 91 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977 July 7-8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.brook77
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Alexander Brook conducted 1977 July 7-8, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Brook speaks of his childhood and family; his early interest in painting; studying at the Art Students League with Dmitri Romanowsky and Kenneth Hayes Miller; women at the Art Students League; his first wife, Peggy Bacon; his travels in Europe; the Penguin Club; the Whitney Studio Club; working as a "talent scout" for Juliana Reiser Force; sharing a studio with Alexander Calder and Reuben Nakian; art sales in the 1930s; women as subjects; his portraits of Katharine Hepburn; and his painting technique. He recalls William Murrell Fisher, Lloyd Goodrich, Edward Hopper, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and others.