Oral history interview with Gerome Kamrowski
name: label: Interviewee
content: Kamrowski, Gerome
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Michigan -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Educators -- Michigan -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Surrealism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: Kamrowski, Gerome
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gerome Kamrowski (1914-2004) was a surrealist painter and educator from Ann Arbor, Mich. He studied at the Art Students League under Hans Hofmann. Kamrowski painted murals as a part of the Minnesota FAP/WPA.  Kamrowski taught at the University of Michigan School of Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 17 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976 January 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kamrow76
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview with Gerome Kamrowski conducted 1976 January 22, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art. 

Kamrowski discusses William Baziotes, Jackson Pollock, Peter Busa, and Robert Motherwell among others. 

(Note to researchers: Kamrowski felt that the interview was incomplete and not adequately done.)