Oral history interview with Chaim Gross
name: label: Creator
content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Sculpture
label: Topic
content: Art and religion
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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: Creator
content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; New York, N.Y. Died 1991.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recordings (50 min.), 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 16 Pages (Transcript: (on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 Sept. 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gross64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3197 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Chaim Gross conducted 1964 Sept. 1 by Dorothy Seckler for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Gross speaks of his early sculpture; his inspirations; his treatment of wood; his interest in watercolor; religious subjects in his work, especially Judaic themes; his teaching career; his involvement with the WPA Federal Art Project; his personal collection of paintings and sculpture; working odd jobs when the WPA ended; and his opinions of contemporary sculpture and the future of sculpture.