Oral history interview with John Rewald
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 7 hr., 18 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Rewald, John, 1912-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Barr, Alfred H., Jr., 1902-1981
label: Names
content: Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906
label: Names
content: Whitney, John Hay
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
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: Rewald, John, 1912-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Rewald (1912-1994) was an art historian, writer, and educator from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 105 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 Nov. 16-1973 Feb. 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rewald72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of John Rewald conducted 1972 Nov. 16-1973 Feb. 8, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Rewald speaks of his youth in Germany; the development of his interest in art; his education; beginning his writing career; traveling through Europe; the beginnings of his interest in Cezanne; coming to the U.S.; meeting Alfred Barr; his association with the Museum of Modern Art; working as a consultant; philosophies of collecting; his books on impressionism and post-impressionism; researching his work on Cezanne; his teaching career; philosophies on the writing of art history; dealers and museums and his relationships with them. He recalls John Hay Whitney.