Oral history interview with Abraham Walkowitz
odd: label: General
content: Sound has been lost on tape reels; reels discarded.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965
label: Interviewer
content: Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett, 1910-1974
label: Interviewer
content: Lerner, Abram
label: Names
content: "291" (Gallery)
label: Names
content: Armory Show (1913: New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Society of Independent Artists (New York, N.Y.)
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content: Bliss, Lizzie P. (Lizzie Plummer), 1864-1931
label: Names
content: Boswell, Peyton, 1904-
label: Names
content: Chase, William Merritt, 1849-1916
label: Names
content: Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919
label: Names
content: Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906
label: Names
content: Davies, Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen), 1862-1928
label: Names
content: Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
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content: Epstein, Jacob, Sir, 1880-1959
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content: Hassam, Childe, 1859-1935
label: Names
content: Kuhn, Walt, 1877-1949
label: Names
content: Monet, Claude, 1840-1926
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content: O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
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content: Pach, Walter, 1883-1958
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content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Eight (Group of American artists)
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
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: Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965
label: Interviewer
content: Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett, 1910-1974
label: Interviewer
content: Lerner, Abram
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Abraham Walkowitz (1880-1965) was a painter in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 66 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1958 December 8-22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.walkow58
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/walker65.htm
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content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Abraham Walkowitz conducted by Abram Lerner and Mary Bartlett Cowdrey for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Walkowitz discusses his childhood and schooling; travelling abroad; influence of Claude Monet exhibit; his book, "Artists of Walkowitz: 100 Portraits"; Paul Cezanne's death; meeting artists in Europe; his 1908 exhibition of modern art at the Julius Haas Gallery, New York; getting Max Weber a show at the Haas Gallery; Steiglitz and his "291" Gallery; the Armory Show, especially the roles of Arthur B. Davies, Walt Kuhn, and Walter Pach; reactions to Nude Descending a Staircase; the Society of Independent Artists; thoughts on criticism of his work; his relationship with the critic Peyton Boswell; the importance in his work of dancer Isadora Duncan; opinions on American art, modern art, art schools, students and patrons; good art versus bad art; and the role of critics. Among others he recalls are Lizzie Bliss, William Merritt Chase, Kenyon Cox, The Eight, Jacob Epstein, Childe Hassam, and Georgia O'Keeffe.