Oral history interview with Balcomb Greene
odd: label: General
content: Sound quality is poor.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Greene, Balcomb, 1904-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: American Abstract Artists
label: Names
content: Neumann, J. B. (Jsrael Ber)
label: Names
content: Schaefer, Bertha, 1895-1971
label: Names
content: Swinden, J. W.
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
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: Greene, Balcomb, 1904-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Balcomb Greene (1904-1990) was a painter from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recording (3 hours 30 min.), 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 56 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 Mar. 13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.greene72
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: 35mm microfilm reel 4210 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Balcomb Greene conducted 1972 Mar. 13, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Greene speaks of his background as the son of a minister and growing up in various parish towns in Iowa; attending Syracuse University as a psychology major; beginning to draw and write; teaching at Dartmouth College; going to Paris in 1930-1931; his involvement with the Federal Art Project; getting his Master's at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; teaching at Carnegie Institute; the American Abstract Artists group; working with models and photographs; the development of his own painting; collages;
label: Scope and Contents
content: color theory; his change from abstract to representational painting; figure and landscape painting; working with a spray gun; his painting technique and his use of light; his dislike for acrylics; style and personalization in art; exhibitions at New Art Circle, Bertha Schaefer Gallery, the Saidenberg Gallery, the Forum Gallery and others; going to Paris in 1960; and the contemporary art scene. He recalls J.W. Swinden, J.B. Neumann and Bertha Schaefer.