Oral history interview with John Clancy
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 16 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Clancy, John C., 1897-1981
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries
label: Names
content: Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967
label: Names
content: Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967
label: Names
content: Rehn, Frank Knox Morton, 1848-1914
label: Names
content: Watkins, Franklin Chenault, 1894-1972
topic: label: Occupation
content: Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Depressions -- 1929
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: Clancy, John C., 1897-1981
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John C. Clancy (1897-1981) was the director of the Rehn Gallery in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 26 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970 July 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.clancy70
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of John Clancy conducted 1970 July 10, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Clancy speaks of Frank K. M. Rehn and his background; the beginnings of the Rehn Gallery; his own background; joining the gallery and working for Frank Rehn; artists associated with the gallery; the effect of the Depression on the gallery; how artists and works of art were selected; reasons for the success of the Rehn Gallery; the gallery's future. He recalls Edward Hopper, Charles Burchfield, and Franklin Watkins.