Oral history interview with Josephine Marie Caruso Castano relating to Giovanni (John) Castano
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 41 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Castano, Josephine Marie Caruso, 1901-
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Castano Galleries (Boston, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Castano, Giovanni, 1896-1978
label: Names
content: Denhausen, Franz H., 1911-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Art -- Conservation and restoration
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Castano, Josephine Marie Caruso, 1901-
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Josephine Marie Caruso Castano is the widow of painter and art dealer Giovanni (John) Castano.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 27 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1991 May 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.castan91
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
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 Josephine Marie Caruso Castano regarding her husband, painter and art dealer Giovanni (John) Castano, conducted by Robert Brown for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Castano discusses her childhood and marriage to Giovanni (John) Castano; his career in Cincinnati as a scene painter for the local opera company; moving to Boston circa 1930; his career there as an art dealer, owner of Castano Galleries, and an agent for Wildenstein and Knoedler's; his work as a teacher and painting restorer; the sculptor Franz Denghausen; and passing references to various painters, museum personnel, and art dealers.