Oral history interview with Nell Blaine
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Blaine, Nell, 1922-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
label: Names
content: American Abstract Artists
label: Names
content: Jane Street Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Bell, Leland
label: Names
content: Day, Worden, 1916-1986
label: Names
content: Freilicher, Jack
label: Names
content: Freilicher, Jane, 1924-2014
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content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
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content: Kahn, Wolf, 1927-2020
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content: Kresch, Albert, 1922-2022
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content: Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002
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content: Ross, Alvin, 1920-1975
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content: Solomon, Hyde, 1911-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
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content: Women painters
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content: Women printmakers
label: Topic
content: Poliomyelitis
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content: Artists with disabilities
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: Blaine, Nell, 1922-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nell Blaine (1922-1996) was a painter in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 86 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967 June 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
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content: AAA.blaine67
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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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.
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content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Nell Blaine conducted 1967 June 15, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art.

Blaine speaks of her family background; her competitive spirit; commercial art; becoming a "disciple" of Hans Hofmann; Hofmann as a teacher; the influence of Arp, Helion, Leger and Mondrian; the American Abstract Artists group; the Jane Street Gallery; jazz musicians; painting in Paris, Italy, Mexico, Greece, England, and elsewhere; her paralysis caused by polio; design work with Alvin H. Ross; her interest in color and light; landscape and figurative paintings; and the contemporary art scene. She recalls Leland Bell, Worden Day, Jane and Jack Freilicher, Wolf Kahn, Albert Kresch, Larry Rivers, Hyde Solomon, and others.