Oral history interview with Jack Tworkov
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Duration is 32 min.
name: label: Creator
content: Tworkov, Jack
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.Y.)
label: Names
content: De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
label: Names
content: Gatch, Lee, 1902-1968
label: Names
content: Kline, Franz, 1910-1962
label: Names
content: Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971
label: Names
content: Moffett, Ross
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- 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: Creator
content: Tworkov, Jack
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jack Tworkov (1900-1982) was a painter in New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1962 August 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tworko62
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Jack Tworkov conducted 1962 August 17, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Tworkov speaks of the influence upon him of Karl Knaths and Ross Moffett; his early rebellion from the influence of French Impressionism; his friendships with Knaths and with Lee Gatch; his association with the Federal Art Project's easel painting project; experimenting with still life painting; and his affiliation with the Eight Street Club. He recalls Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline.