Oral history interview with Richard Anuszkiewicz
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 43 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Anuszkiewicz, Richard
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Albers, Josef
label: Names
content: Hensche, Henry, 1901-
label: Names
content: Stanczak, Julian, 1928-2017
topic: label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
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: Anuszkiewicz, Richard
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Richard Anuszkiewicz (1930-2020) was an Op Art painter from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 49 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 December 28 - 1972 January 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.anuszk71
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: An interview of Richard Anuszkiewicz conducted 1971 December 28 - 1972 January 7, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Anuszkiewicz speaks of his parochial education in Erie, Pennsylvania; the influence of Joseph Plavcan, a teacher at Erie Tech.; his early use of dark outlines; his classes with Josef Albers at Yale University and with Henry Hensche in Provincetown; his transition from realism to abstraction and his relationship with Julian Stanczak. He recalls exhibitions at the Kotler, the Contemporaries and Janis Galleries; employment as a house painter, restorer, silver designer, and teacher; and discusses his explorations of color, line, methods and techniques.