Oral history interview with Seong Moy
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 19 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Moy, Seong
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Booth, Cameron, 1892-1980
label: Names
content: Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988
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content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
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content: Vytlacil, Vaclav, 1892-1984
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Asian American art
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content: Asian American artists
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content: Chinese American art
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content: Chinese American artists
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content: Asian American painters
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content: Asian American printmakers
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content: Printmakers -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Moy, Seong
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Seong Moy (1921-2013) was a Chinese American painter and printmaker based in New York City, New York and Provincetown, Massachusetts. Moy was born in Canton, China. He studied at the St. Paul School of Art, Hans Hofmann School of Art and the Art Students League. He was also the director of the Seong Moy School of Painting and Graphics, Provincetown, Massachusetts in the summer.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 69 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 Jan. 18-28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.moy71
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Seong Moy conducted 1971 Jan. 18-28, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Moy speaks of his childhood in Canton, China; his immigration to Minnesota; the art scene in Minneapolis and Saint Paul in the 1930s; his education; the influence of his teachers, including Cameron Booth, Hans Hofmann, and Vaclav Vytlacil; the influence of Stanley William Hayter; being introduced to printmaking by the WPA art project in Minnesota; his service as a photographer in World War II; his teaching philosophy; and the art scene in Provincetown in the 1970s.