Oral history interview with Luigi Lucioni
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 52 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-1988
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Associated American Artists
topic: label: Topic
content: Painting, American
label: Topic
content: Prints, American
label: Topic
content: Realism
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: Lucioni, Luigi, 1900-1988
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Luigi Lucioni (1900-1988) was a painter and printmaker from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 30 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 July 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lucion71
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: Interview of Luigi Lucioni conducted 1971 July 6, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Lucioni speaks of his background from his birth in Italy to his childhood in the United States; attending the Cooper Union School and the National Academy of Design; and the effect of his visit to Italy on the development of his realistic style. He discusses exhibitions of his work, his techniques and working habits, his work in printmaking, and influences on his work. He recalls his involvement with the Associated American Artists group.