Oral history interview with Karl Schrag
odd: label: General
content: Tape 2 is mostly blank.
label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 25 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Schrag, Karl
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.) -- Students
label: Names
content: Atelier 17
label: Names
content: Becker, Maurice, 1889-1975
label: Names
content: Bissière, Roger, 1888-1964
label: Names
content: Broner, Robert, 1922-
label: Names
content: Cloar, Carroll
label: Names
content: Farr, Fred, 1914-1973
label: Names
content: Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988
label: Names
content: Horak, Bohuslav, 1914-2004
label: Names
content: Kienbusch, William, 1914-1980
label: Names
content: Lhote, André, 1885-1962
label: Names
content: Refregier, Anton, 1905-
label: Names
content: Sloan, John, 1871-1951
label: Names
content: Sternberg, Harry, 1904-2001
label: Names
content: Tanguy, Yves, 1900-1955
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Schrag, Karl
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Karl Schrag (1912-1995) was a painter and printmaker from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 45 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970 October 14-20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schrag70
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: Interview of Karl Schrag conducted 1970 October 14-20, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Schrag speaks of his childhood in Germany; how his parents were nervous about him becoming an artist; going to various art schools; studying with Bissiere; his first exhibition in Brussels; moving to America because of the political situation in Europe; enrolling in the Art Students League; getting involved with Atelier 17; how the mid-1940s were crucial in his development; American artists he found interesting; his thoughts on the Abstract Expressionists; how he started teaching; joining Tamarind workshop; his first retrospective, the Ford Foundation-A.F.A Show; being on the Fulbright jury; how his pictures relate to each other; his technique; and becoming the Director of Atelier 17. He recalls Andre L'Hote, Roger Bissiere, Harry Sternberg, Anton Refregier, William Kienbusch, Fred Farr, Carroll Cloar, John Sloan, Maurice Becker, Stanley William Hayter, Yves Tanguy, Bohuslav Horak, Robert Broner, Margaret Lowenbraun, and many others.