Oral history interview with Gandy Brodie
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 5 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Brodie, Gandy, 1925-1975
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Vermont -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Brodie, Gandy, 1925-1975
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gandy Brodie (1925-1975) was a painter from West Townshend, Vermont.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 24 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 September 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.brodie65
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: An interview of Gandy Brodie conducted 1965 September 6, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art. Brodie speaks of his childhood; trips to Paris and Florence; the European reaction to American Art in the 1950's; his paintings, including "City Anguish" and "Demolition"; the influence of Billie Holliday; his early works; Meyer Schapiro's support; and his techniques and intentions.