Oral history interview with Ivan Le Lorraine Albright
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hrs., 43 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Albright, Ivan, 1897-1983
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Albright, Ivan, 1897-1983
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ivan Le Lorraine Albright (1897-1983) was a painter from New York, New York and Chicago, Illinois.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 86 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 February 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.albrig72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3612 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Ivan Le Lorraine Albright conducted 1972 February 5, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Albright speaks of his family background and early association with art and artists; his interest in architecture; his education including the Chicago Art Institute and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; and his medical drawings for the Army in World War I. He discusses his theories on color, light, motion, form, and illustration in relation to his works, including "Flesh," "Ida," "The Door," "The Window," "The Cornfield," "Room 203," and "Showcase Doll."