Oral history interview with Giorgio Cavallon
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Cavallon, Giorgio, 1904-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: National Academy of Design (U.S.) -- Students
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
label: Names
content: Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
label: Names
content: Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Cavallon, Giorgio, 1904-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Giorgio Cavallon (1904-1989) was a painter from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 52 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974 February 28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cavall74
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Giorgio Cavallon, conducted 1974 February 28, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's residence in New York, New York.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Cavallon speaks of growing up in Italy and his move to America. He recalls attending the National Academy of Design in New York and working for the Works Progress Administration. He mentions various artists, including Charles Hawthorne and Arshile Gorky.