Oral history interview with Myron S. Stout
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 57 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Stout, Myron, 1908-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
topic: label: Topic
content: Painting -- Technique -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Stout, Myron, 1908-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Myron S. Stout (1908-1987) was a painter from Provincetown, Massachusetts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 25 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 September 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stout65
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Myron S. Stout conducted 1965 September 2, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art. Stout speaks of his family background; his early interest in music; the development of his interest in art; his teaching career; his interests in Josef Albers' work, the Bauhaus, and Cubism; Charles Martin and other teachers at Columbia University Teachers College; living in Honolulu; studying with Hans Hofmann; images evolved from studies of the model; going to Europe and discovering the Flemish and Venetian painters; living in Provincetown; changes in his use of imagery; the development of his black and white paintings; his working methods and materials.