Oral history interview with Joseph Solman
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 41 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Solman, Joseph, 1909-2008
label: Interviewer
content: Berman, Avis
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Gallery Secession (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
title: label: Topic
content: Art front
topic: label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Philadelphia Ten (Group of artists)
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview was conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and his Times oral history project, with funding provided by the Mark Rothko Foundation.
label: Provenance
content: Others interviewed on the project (by various interviewers) include: Sonia Allen, Sally Avery, Ben-Zion, Bernard Braddon, Ernest Briggs, Rhys Caparn, Elaine de Kooning, Herbert Ferber, Esther Gottlieb, Juliette Hays, Sidney Janis, Buffie Johnson, Jacob Kainen, Louis Kaufman, Jack Kufeld, Katharine Kuh, Stanley Kunitz, Joseph Liss, Dorothy Miller, Betty Parsons, Wallace Putnam, Rebecca Reis, Maurice Roth, Sidney Schectman, Aaron Siskind, Hedda Sterne, Jack Tworkov, Esteban Vicente and Ed Weinstein. Each has been cataloged separately.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Solman, Joseph, 1909-2008
label: Interviewer
content: Berman, Avis
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Joseph Solman (1909-2008) was a painter and educator from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 56 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 May 6-8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.solman81
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 available online.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Funding provided by the Mark Rothko Foundation.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Joseph Solman conducted 1981 May 6-8, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Solman recalls his youth in Jamaica, Long Island, and his studies at the National Academy of Design. He talks about the art world of the 1930s and 1940s, including the camaraderies formed by participating in the WPA and the activities of various galleries, including Gallery Secession. Solmon remembers Mark Rothko and the members, meetings and exhibitions of The Ten. He speaks of his work on Art Front magazine, his own art work and teaching, and his personal art collection. He recalls Byron Browne, Ilya Bolotowsky, Herman Rose, Milton Avery, Adolf Gottlieb, Arshile Gorky, De Hirsch Margules, Eugene Atget, Elizabeth McCausland, Berenice Abbott, John Graham, Earl Kerkam, Ralph Rosenborg, Yankel Kufeld, Ben Zion, Hans Mueller, Eric Esenberger, Boris Aronson, Lou Harris, Karl Knaths, Lou Schanker, Stuart Davis, Alice Neel, Dorothy Koppelman, Joan Miro, Pat Codyre, Joseph Brummer, Jacob Kainen, Jack Tworkov, and many others.