Interview with Hugh Mesibov
name: label: Creator
content: Mesibov, Hugh, 1916-
label: Interviewer
content: Shopes, Linda
label: Names
content: Artists' Union (Philadelphia, Pa.)
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Pa.)
label: Names
content: Graphic Sketch Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
label: Names
content: Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial
label: Names
content: Curran, Mary
label: Names
content: Gallagher, Michael J., 1895-1965
label: Names
content: Thrash, Dox, 1892-1965
topic: label: Topic
content: Prints -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1991 by the Pennsylvania State Archives.
creator: label: Creator
content: Mesibov, Hugh, 1916-
label: Interviewer
content: Shopes, Linda
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hugh Mesibov (1916-2016) was an expressionist artist and printmaker associated with WPA Federal Art Project. He lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (sound cassettes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990 June 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mesihugh
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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 Hugh Mesibov conducted 1990 June 23 by Linda Shopes for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Mesibov speaks of his early life and early art experiences including his attendance at the Graphic Sketch Club (now known as the Samuel Fleisher Art Memorial); financial difficulties in the 1930s and his subsequest successful application to the Federal Art Project; his experiences on the FAP print project, including reminiscences of fellow artists Dox Thrash and Michael Gallagher; the development of the carborundum print process and its subsequent promotion; how the project was run and work assigned; his experiences on the easel and mural projects; political problems with the state director, Mary Curran, and the Artists' Union; and his post-FAP career.