Oral history interview with Ernest Briggs
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 10 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Briggs, Ernest, 1923-
label: Interviewer
content: Shikler, Barbara
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Club (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: University of California, San Francisco. School of Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Park, David, 1911-1960
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
label: Names
content: Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
topic: label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview was conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and his Times oral history project, with funding provided by the Mark Rothko Foundation.
label: Provenance
content: Others interviewed on the project (by various interviewers) include: Sonia Allen, Sally Avery, Ben-Zion, Bernard Braddon, Rhys Caparn, Elaine de Kooning, Herbert Ferber, Esther Gottlieb, Juliette Hays, Sidney Janis, Buffie Johnson, Jacob Kainen, Louis Kaufman, Jack Kufeld, Katharine Kuh, Stanley Kunitz, Joseph Liss, Dorothy Miller, Betty Parsons, Wallace Putnam, Rebecca Reis, Maurice Roth, Sidney Schectman, Aaron Siskind, Joseph Solman, Hedda Sterne, Jack Tworkov, Esteban Vicente and Ed Weinstein. Each has been cataloged separately.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Briggs, Ernest, 1923-
label: Interviewer
content: Shikler, Barbara
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ernest Briggs (1923-1984) was a painter from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 41 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982 July 12-October 21
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.briggs82
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 available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Ernest Briggs conducted 1982 July 12-1982 October 21, by Barbara Shikler, for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Briggs discusses his contact with Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, and David Park at the California School of Fine Arts. He speaks of the relationship between Rothko and Still, and the activities of The Club. Briggs discusses his own work and career as well.