Oral history interview with Ruth Cobb
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 3 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Cobb, Ruth, 1914-2008
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Kupferman, Lawrence Edward, 1909-1982
label: Names
content: Levine, Jack, 1915-2010
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Art -- Philosophy
label: Topic
content: Watercolor painting
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: Cobb, Ruth, 1914-2008
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ruth Cobb (1914-2008) was a painter from Newton Centre, Massachusetts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 23 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 October 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cobb71
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 of Ruth Cobb conducted 1971 October 26, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Cobb speaks of her childhood and the development of her interest in art; her education; going into advertising art; doing freelance work; her interest in watercolor; her husband, Lawrence Kupferman, and their mural work together; her work in acrylic; her philosophy of art; her influences; and the Boston art scene. She recalls Jack Levine.