Oral History interview with Hope Makler
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 13 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Makler, Hope Welsh, 1924-2013
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
label: Names
content: Barnes Foundation
label: Names
content: Makler Gallery
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Art, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: Makler, Hope Welsh, 1924-2013
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hope Welsh Makler (1924-2013) was an art dealer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 29 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989 November 28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.makler89
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Hope Makler conducted 1989 November 28, by Marina Pacini for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Makler speaks of her art education at the Barnes Foundation and at the University of Pennsylvania; opening the Makler Gallery in Philadelphia in 1960; working with New York City galleries such as Andre Emmerich and Frank and Dolly Perls to bring the work of such artists as Milton Avery, Jacques Lipchitz and Alexander Calder to Philadelphia; the magazine "Prometheus" published by the gallery and written by her husband Paul Makler; closing the gallery in 1985; and the Philadelphia gallery scene.