Oral history interview with Norman Bluhm
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 34 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bluhm, Norman, 1921-1999
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- 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: Bluhm, Norman, 1921-1999
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Norman Bluhm (1921-1999) was a painter from Millbrook, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 67 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969 October 23-November 12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bluhm69
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 3196 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: Interviews of Norman Bluhm conducted 1969 October 23-November 12, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Bluhm speaks of studying architecture with Mies van der Rohe at Armour Institute of Technology; his early interest in architecture; the quality of art education; how he started painting; living in Paris and the effect it had on him and his career; subject matter in his paintings; returning to New York; earning a living as a painter; his painting methods and materials; the way painters live; and collectors he has known.