Oral history interview with Ernest Crichlow
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 11 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Crichlow, Ernest, 1914-2005
label: Interviewer
content: Ghent, Henri, 1926-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American art -- African influences
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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. Funding for the interview was provided by the New York State Council on the Arts.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Crichlow, Ernest, 1914-2005
label: Interviewer
content: Ghent, Henri, 1926-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ernest T. Crichlow (1914-2005) was a painter from Brooklyn, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 49 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968 July 20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.crichl68
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 Crichlow conducted 1968 July 20, by Henri Ghent, for the Archives of American Art in Brooklyn, New York.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Crichlow discusses his childhood in Brooklyn as the son of immigrants from Barbados, the ethnic mix of his community, and visiting black artists in Harlem. He speaks of meeting other black artists on the WPA and their efforts to get work during the Depression. Crichlow describes the intentions of his art and his interest in black subject matter, discrimination in the art world, and the political climate of the time.