Oral history interview with Morris Davidson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 27 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Davidson, Morris, 1898-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Davidson, Morris, 1898-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Morris Davidson (1898-1979) was a painter from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 29 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 July 21
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.davids71
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: An interview of Morris Davidson conducted 1971 July 21, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Davidson speaks of his training at several art schools; going to Paris in the early 1920s; the development of art trends in the America since the 1930s; the influence of museums; amateur vs. professional artists, craft vs. painting;Provincetown; teaching assignments and teaching methods; his own school; the publication of "Understanding Modern Art"; art galleries; and the importance of artists' groups.