Oral history interview with W. G. Constable
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 45 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Constable, W. G. (William George), 1887-1976
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917
label: Names
content: Fry, Roger Eliot, 1866-1934
label: Names
content: Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Museum curators -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: World War, 1914-1918
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: Constable, W. G. (William George), 1887-1976
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: W. G. Constable (1887-1976) was an art historian and curator from Cambridge, Massachusetts.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 81 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 July -1973 June
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.consta72
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 available on the Archives of American Art website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of W. G. (William George) Constable conducted 1972 July -1973 June, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Constable discusses his early education, his serving in World War I, and his career as a lecturer, curator, and writer in Britain, Canada, and the United States. He discusses his relationship with collectors, the development of Canadian, British, and American museums, as well as reminiscing about key figures such as art historian Roger Fry and painters Renoir and Degas.