Oral history interview with Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hrs., 20 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bengelsdorf, Rosalind, 1916-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Sandler, Irving, 1925-
label: Names
content: American Abstract Artists
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content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
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content: Browne, Byron, 1907-1961
label: Names
content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
label: Names
content: De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
label: Names
content: Diller, Burgoyne, 1906-1965
label: Names
content: Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
label: Names
content: Greene, Balcomb, 1904-1990
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
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content: Holty, Carl, 1900-1973
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content: Lassaw, Ibram, 1913-2003
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content: Matulka, Jan, 1890-1972
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
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content: Women painters
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content: Women art critics
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content: Women educators
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content: Art, American
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content: Art, Abstract
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content: Cubism -- New York (State) -- New York
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: Bengelsdorf, Rosalind, 1916-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Sandler, Irving, 1925-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne (1916-1979) was a painter, art critic and teacher in New York, New York. She was a member of the New York Art Students' League and the American Abstract Artists.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 242 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968 January 29-February 16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bengel68
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Sound recordings
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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
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content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne conducted 1968 January 29-February 16, by Irving Sandler, for the Archives of American Art. Bengelsdorf Browne discusses her association with the American Abstract Artists group during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. She speaks at length of her late husband, Byron Browne, and her associations with artists including Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning, among others. She reads excerpts from her speeches to artist groups.