Oral history interview with Marian Hettner Grunbaum
name: label: Interviewee
content: Grunbaum, Marian Hettner, 1894-2000
label: Interviewer
content: Levy, Sandra Curtis
label: Names
content: Menil, John de
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- Texas -- Houston
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Texas -- Houston
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: German American artists
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: Grunbaum, Marian Hettner, 1894-2000
label: Interviewer
content: Levy, Sandra Curtis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Marian Hettner Grunbaum (ca. 1896-2000) was a painter from Dresden, Germany, who immigrated to Houston, Texas in 1937.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 56 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 May 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grunba80
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: An interview of Marian Hettner Grunbaum conducted 1980 May 14, by Sandra Curtis Levy, for the Archives of American Art. She discusses growing up in Germany; her earlier career as a musician; leaving Germany with her Jewish husband during Hitler's rise to power; immigrating to the United States and settling in Houston, Texas; her work as a painter; John de Menil; the Houston, Texas arts scene 1930s-1970s.