Oral history interview with Fritz Eichenberg
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 12 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
topic: label: Topic
content: Political cartoons
label: Topic
content: Illustration of books
label: Topic
content: Illustrators -- Rhode Island -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- Rhode Island -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Woodwork
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Eichenberg, Fritz, 1901-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990) was an illustrator, cartoonist, and printmaker from Peace Dale, Rhode Island.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 61 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979 May 14-December 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.eichen79
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 available on the Archives of American Art website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Fritz Eichenberg conducted 1979 May 14-1979 December 7, by Robert F. Brown, at the artist's home, in Peace Dale, Rhode Island, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Eichenberg discusses his career; his artistic philosophy; various books he has illustrated including, "Jane Eyre," "Wuthering Heights," "The King and I," and "Crime and Punishment"; working with Dorothy Day for the "Catholic Worker"; drawing political cartoons for "The Nation"; working for the WPA; and becoming a Quaker.