Interview with John Ollman
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ollman, John E., 1942-
label: Interviewer
content: Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe
label: Names
content: Janet Fleisher Gallery (Philadelphia, Pa.)
label: Names
content: Phyllis Kind Gallery
label: Names
content: Hemphill, Herbert Waide
label: Names
content: Lenox, Kathy
label: Names
content: Ramirez, Martin, 1885-1960
label: Names
content: Traylor, Bill, 1854-1947
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Folk art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1990 by John Ollman.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Ollman, John E., 1942-
label: Interviewer
content: Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Ollman (1942-) is an art dealer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 79 Pages (Transcript: (on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989 Aug. 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ollmjohn
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
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 4778 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 with John Ollman conducted 1989 Aug. 10 by Lynda Hartigan for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Ollman discusses his studies at Indiana University and his connections with the Folklore Department, before moving to Philadelphia. He speaks of his tenure as director of the Janet Fleisher Gallery, including the gallery's early history as the Little Gallery, and the changes he instituted including the name and focus; the exhibitions mounted of African, Oceanic, pre-Columbian, folk art, and the art of 20th century self-taught artists; the growing interest in the work of self-taught artists; an exhibit at the Philadelphia College of Art entitled "Transmitters: The Isolate Artist in America"; the market in Philadelphia and nationally for the work of self-taught artists; his work with Kathy Lenox of the Phyllis Kind Gallery; Bert Hemphill's collection and Hemphill's effect on the folk art field in the United States; the work of Bill Traylor, Martin Ramirez, and other self-taught artists; dealers and collectors he has been associated with.