Oral history interview with Henry Mattson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 31 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Mattson, Henry E. (Henry Elis), 1887-1971
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Technique
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Mattson, Henry E. (Henry Elis), 1887-1971
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Henry Mattson (1887-1971) was a painter from Woodstock, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 Nov. 4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mattso64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
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 Henry Mattson conducted 1964 Nov. 4, by Joseph Trovato, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Mattson discusses how he came to be a painter, his career as an artist, and his thoughts on painting.