Oral history interview with Pietro Pezzati
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 30 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Pezzati, Pietro, 1902-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Hopkinson, Charles, 1869-1962
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Portrait painting
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- United States -- 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: Pezzati, Pietro, 1902-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Pietro Pezzati (1902-1993) was a painter from Boston, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 37 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 July 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pezzat71
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3198 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Pietro Pezzati conducted 1971 July 15, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Pezzati speaks of his youth and the influence of Italian parents; the development of his artistic interests; his education at the Child-Walker School and studying under Charles Hopkinson; influences of European art; his philosophy of portraiture; the influence of his travels on his work; and his methods of painting.