Oral history interview with Arnold Blanch
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 5 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 12 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Blanch, Arnold, 1896-1968
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
label: Names
content: American Artists' Congress
label: Names
content: Bellows, George, 1882-1925
label: Names
content: Force, Juliana, 1876-1948
label: Names
content: Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
label: Names
content: Hague, Raoul, 1905-1993
label: Names
content: Henri, Robert, 1865-1929
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content: Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952
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content: Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949
label: Names
content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
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content: Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952
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content: Siqueiros, David Alfaro, 1896-1974
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content: Sloan, John, 1871-1951
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- New York -- Woodstock -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- Interviews
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: Blanch, Arnold, 1896-1968
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arnold Blanch (1896-1968) was a mural painter in Woodstock, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 37 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963 June 13-August 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blanch63
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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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 Arnold Blanch conducted by Dorothy Seckler (31 pages) on 1963 June 13 for the Archives of American Art, and a lecture by Blanch recorded by Seckler (6 pages), August 1, 1963.
label: Scope and Contents
content: In the interview, Blanch speaks of his childhood in Minnesota; his hostility toward formal education; his art education; moving to New York; the influence of Cezanne and Renoir on his work; the Woodstock art circle; travels in Paris; his association with New York galleries; his involvement with WPA projects; the American Artists Congress; the American art scene in the 1930s; his opinions of government aid to the arts; changes in his style; and his opinions on the contemporary art scene. He recalls Boardman Robinson, Juliana Force, George Bellows, Robert Henri, John Sloan, Kenneth Hayes Miller, Arshile Gorky, Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, David Siqueiros, and Raoul Hague. The lecture,"Art Tradition," was delivered by Blanch to the Woodstock Art Association, Woodstock, New York, August 1, 1963.