Oral history interview with George Fedoroff
name: label: Interviewee
content: Fedoroff, George W., 1906-
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Society of Independent Artists (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Inuit art
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts -- Alaska
label: Topic
content: Native American artists
label: Topic
content: Artisans -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Handicraft
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: Fedoroff, George W., 1906-
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: George Fedoroff (1906-2001) was a craftsman and crafts administrator in Brewster, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (sound files Sound recording, digital, wav file)
label: Extent
content: 53 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: System Details
content: Originally recorded on 2 tape reels (5 in.).
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 July 8-1981 Jan. 21
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fedoro80
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 is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with George Fedoroff conducted 1980 July 8-1981 Jan. 21, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Fedoroff speaks of his childhood, his experiences as a refugee during the Russian Revolution, his training as a painter in Paris, his association with the Society of Independent Artists in Boston and with artists and actors on Cape Cod, his development of education in Alaska with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and his designs in wood.