Oral history interview with Robert Broner
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 51 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Broner, Robert, 1922-
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
label: Names
content: Blackburn, Robert Hamilton, 1920-
label: Names
content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
label: Names
content: Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988
label: Names
content: Sarkis, 1909-1977
label: Names
content: Weddige, Emil, 1907-2001
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Art criticism -- Michigan -- Detroit
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Interviews
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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Broner, Robert, 1922-
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Broner (1922-) is a painter and printmaker from Detroit, Michigan.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 48 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974 May 3-8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.broner74
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 Robert Broner conducted 1974 May 3-8, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art. Broner speaks of growing up in Detroit; his early interest in art due to his brother's influence; attending Cass Technical High School and Wayne University; his U.S. Army service during World War II; getting his Masters' at UCLA; teaching and life at Auburn University; going to New York and working in Stanley William Hayter's studio; taking a course from Stuart Davis at the New School; Hayter and Davis as teachers; printmaking; Robert Blackburn's printing shop; his preference for printmaking over painting; returning to Detroit; the establishment of a printing press and printmaking at the Society of Arts and Crafts; becoming the art critic on the DETROIT TIMES; the development of his work; and printmaking in Michigan. He recalls Sarkis Sarkisian, Robert Blackburn, and Emil Weddige.