Oral history interview with Allen Leepa
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 55 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Leepa, Allen, 1919-2009
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Educators -- United States -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Leepa, Allen, 1919-2009
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Allen Leepa (1919-2009) was a painter and educator from New York, N.Y., Michigan, and Florida.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 71 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977 Nov. 18-1978 Nov. 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.leepa77
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Allen Leepa conducted 1977 Nov. 18-1978 Nov. 29, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art. Leepa discusses the New York art scene of the 1930s and 1940s, the Works Progress Administration, his connections with Abstract Artists of America, working in Michigan and Paris, and his relationship with Abraham Rattner, among others.