Oral history interview with Robert Carlen
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 10 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 50 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Carlen, Robert, 1906-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Stover, Catherine
label: Names
content: Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951
label: Names
content: Potamkin, Meyer, 1909-2001
label: Names
content: Potamkin, Vivian, 1915-2002
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American art
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: Carlen, Robert, 1906-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Stover, Catherine
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Carlen (1906-1990) was an art dealer of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 67 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985 June 28-July 16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.carlen85
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Robert Carlen conducted 1985 June 28-July 16, by Catherine Stover, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Carlen speaks of his early life including his studies at the Graphic Sketch Club and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; opening his gallery in 1937; the early years of the gallery; paintings he discovered over the years; collectors he worked with, including Albert Barnes and Meyer and Vivian Potamkin; other dealers; refugee artists; and the Philadelphia art scene.