Oral history interview with Alfonso Ossorio
name: label: Creator
content: Ossorio, Alfonso, 1916-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Selvig, Forrest
label: Names
content: Harvard University -- Students
label: Names
content: Signa Gallery
label: Names
content: Dubuffet, Jean, 1901-1985
label: Names
content: Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956
topic: label: Occupation
content: Collagists -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Church decoration and ornament
label: Topic
content: Art and religion
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
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: Creator
content: Ossorio, Alfonso, 1916-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Selvig, Forrest
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alfonso Ossorio (1916-1990) was a painter in Wainscott, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 35 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968 November 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ossori68
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/ossori68.htm
label: Reproduction Note
content: Item is a transcript.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Location of original tape unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Alfonso A. Ossorio conducted 1968 November 19, by Forrest Selvig, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Ossorio speaks of his youth and education in England and the United States; attending Harvard; working as a medical illustrator for the Army; coming to New York and becoming acquainted with Jackson Pollock and other New York artists; a mural commission he received for a church in the Philippines; the difficulty of introducing new ideas into Catholic art; traveling to Paris; his association with Jean Dubuffet; changes in his technique; his work in collage; his affiliation with the Signa Gallery; abstract expressionism.