Oral history interview with Laurence E. Schmeckebier
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 7 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Schmeckebier, Laurence Eli, 1906-1984
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- 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: Schmeckebier, Laurence Eli, 1906-1984
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Laurence E. Schmeckebier (1906-1984) was an art historian and sculptor from Lyme, N.H.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Items (tape reels (5 hr., 7 min.))
label: Extent
content: 75 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974 June 7-July 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.schmec74
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 is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Laurence E. Schmeckebier, conducted by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in Lyme, New Hampshire on June 7 and July 15, 1974. Schmeckebier speaks of his education; his training as an art historian in Germany; the influence of Heinrich Wölfflin on his art historical training; his interest in art history and art criticism; his books Art in Red Wing and John Steuart Curry's Pageant of America; and his career as a professor, administrator, and collector at the University of Wisconsin, University of Minnesota, Cleveland Art Institute, and University of Syracuse. Schmeckebier also recalls Oskar Hagen, Carl Horst, José Clemente Orozco, John Steuart Curry, George Grosz, Jean Charlot, and others.