Oral history interview with Reuben Kadish
name: label: Interviewee
content: Kadish, Reuben, 1913-1992
label: Interviewer
content: Polcari, Stephen
label: Names
content: Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956
topic: label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration, American
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art and war
label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Kadish, Reuben, 1913-1992
label: Interviewer
content: Polcari, Stephen
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Reuben Kadish (1913-1992) was a painter, sculptor, and mural painter from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 40 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1992 Apr. 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kadish92
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 available on line
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Reuben Kadish conducted 1992 Apr. 15, by Stephen Polcari, for the Archives of American Art. Kadish discusses designing murals for the WPA in the 1930s; working as an artist in the South Pacific for the U.S. Army during World War II; the N.Y. art scene in the 1940s; and his views on government support of the arts and on art censorship. He recalls Jackson Pollock.