Oral history interview with Brooks Jackson
name: label: Interviewee
content: Jackson, Brooks, 1924-2022
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Berman, Eugene, 1899-1972
label: Names
content: Brauner, Victor, 1903-1966
label: Names
content: Castelli, Leo
label: Names
content: Cornell, Joseph
label: Names
content: De Chirico, Giorgio, 1888-
label: Names
content: Ernst, Max, 1891-1976
label: Names
content: Fini, Leonor, 1908-1996
label: Names
content: Iolas, Alexandros, 1908-1987
label: Names
content: Levy, Julien
label: Names
content: Magritte, René, 1898-1967
label: Names
content: Matta, 1912-2002
label: Names
content: Tchelitchew, Pavel, 1898-1957
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Ballet
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: Jackson, Brooks, 1924-2022
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Brooks Jackson is an art dealer and former dancer from New York, N.Y. Co-owned and operated the Brooks Jackson Iolas Gallery in New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in)
label: Extent
content: 38 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976 Mar. 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jackso76
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 Brooks Jackson conducted 1976 Mar. 22, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Jackson speaks of his background; attending the American School of Ballet; why he stopped dancing; his recollections of Madame Hugo; Alexander Iolas' background and his memories of him; how he became interested in art; and working with Iolas. He recalls Alexander Iolas, Pavel Tchelitchew, Giorgio De Chirico, Lenore Fini, Eugene Berman, Victor Brauner, Rene Magritte, Roberto Matta, Max Ernst, Julien Levy, Leo Castelli, Joseph Cornell, and many others.