Oral history interview with Albert Christ-Janer
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 21 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
label: Names
content: Cranbrook Academy of Art
label: Names
content: Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
label: Names
content: Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946
label: Names
content: Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956
label: Names
content: Wood, Grant, 1891-1942
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Georgia -- Athens -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Authors -- Georgia -- Athens -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Educators -- Georgia -- Athens -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- Georgia -- Athens -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- Georgia -- Athens -- 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: Interviewee
content: Christ-Janer, Albert, 1910-1973
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Albert Christ-Janer (1910-1973) was a painter, printmaker, museum director, educator, and writer in Athens, Georgia.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 March 21
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.christ64
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3417 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 Albert Christ-Janer conducted by Dorothy Seckler 1964 March 21 for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Christ-Janer speaks of the regionalist movement in painting in the 1930s, of Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry and Grant Wood; teaching at the Cranbrook Academy of Design; and he recalls Jackson Pollock.