Oral history interview with Emlen Etting
name: label: Interviewee
content: Etting, Emlen, 1905-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
label: Names
content: Harvard University -- Students
label: Names
content: Lhote, André, 1885-1962
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Filmmakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
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: Etting, Emlen, 1905-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Emlen Etting (1905-1993) was a filmmaker and printmaker from Philadelphia, Pa.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 32 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 Oct. 12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.etting88
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
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 Emlen Etting conducted 1988 Oct. 12, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art. Etting discusses his education at Harvard and his years as an art student in Paris, 1928-1931. He reminisces about studying with Andre Lhote and discusses Lhote's methods and the organization of his classes. Etting also discusses his teaching career; the Philadelphia art scene, especially in the 1930s and 1940s; the development of his personal style; and his experimental films.