Oral history interview with Walker Hancock
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 5 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901-1998
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: American Academy in Rome -- Students
label: Names
content: Grafly, Charles, 1862-1929
label: Names
content: Manship, Paul, 1885-1966
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Art criticism
label: Topic
content: Sculpture -- Technique
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901-1998
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Walker Kirtland Hancock (1901-1998) was a sculptor from Gloucester, Massachusettes. Hancock was born in 1901 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at Washington University for one year before moving on to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he studied under Charles Grafly. He taught at PAFA from 1929 to 1967.
function: label: Function
content: Art commissions
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 125 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977 July 22-August 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hancoc77
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Walker Hancock conducted 1977 July 22-August 25, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Hancock discusses his early education and studying with Charles Grafly at the American Academy in Rome; studying at the Pennsylvania Academy and later teaching there; early work with Lorado Taft; fellow sculptors; and sculptural commissions vs. freelance work.