Oral history interview with Elizabeth Saltonstall
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 25 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Saltonstall, Elizabeth, 1900-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Boston Society of Independent Artists
label: Names
content: Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.)
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content: Institute of Modern Art (Boston, Mass.)
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content: Milton Academy (Milton, Mass.) -- Faculty
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content: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. School
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content: Windsor School (Boston, Mass.) -- Faculty
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content: Windsor School (Boston, Mass.) -- Students
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content: Benson, Frank Weston, 1862-1951
label: Names
content: Bosley, Frederick A., 1881-1942
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content: Chase, Frank Swift, 1886-1958
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content: Clark, Henry Hunt
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content: Cross, Anson K., 1862-1944
label: Names
content: Hale, Philip Leslie, 1865-1931
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content: James, Alexander, 1890-1946
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content: Miller, George Charles, b. 1894
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content: Presser, Josef, 1909-1967
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content: Saltonstall, Nathaniel, 1903-1968
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content: Thompson, Leslie P.
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content: Wengenroth, Stow, 1906-1978
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers--Massachusetts--Boston
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Occupation
content: Art patrons -- Massachusetts -- Boston
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- France -- Paris
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content: Art -- Study and teaching -- Massachusetts
label: Topic
content: Women artists
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content: Women painters
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content: Women printmakers
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content: Women artists
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Saltonstall, Elizabeth, 1900-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Elizabeth Saltonstall (1900-1990) was a painter, printmaker, and instructor of Chestnut Hill, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 34 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 November 18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.salton81
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Elizabeth Saltonstall conducted 1981 November 18, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Saltonstall discusses her experiences with art as a child in Boston (mentioning Frank Weston Benson as an influence) and her subsequent art education at the Winsor School, the art school of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and independent study in Paris. She remembers the various teaching styles of the Museum School faculty (Frederick A. Bosley, Henry Hunt Clark, Anson K. Cross, Philip Leslie Hale, Alexander James, and Leslie P. Thompson), especially as they contrasted with French teaching methods. She also speaks of her teachers in France and on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket (including Frank Swift Chase), and recalls some of her co-students (including Josef Presser). Particular mention is made of a lithography workshop taught by Stow Wengenroth, and of George C. Miller, who printed her lithography stones. Her cousin, Nathaniel Saltonstall, is discussed as a patron of the arts, especially his contributions to the establishment of the Institute of Modern Art [Institute of Contemporary Art] in Boston. She touches also on her own teaching career at Winsor School and Milton Academy, and her involvement with the Boston Society of Independent Artists and the Grace Horn Gallery.