Interview with William Meyerowitz and Theresa Bernstein
name: label: Interviewee
content: Meyerowitz, William, 1887-1981
label: Interviewee
content: Bernstein, Theresa
label: Names
content: Society of Independent Artists (New York, N.Y.)
label: Interviewer
content: Masters, David
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester
label: Topic
content: Art and religion
label: Topic
content: Jewish art and symbolism
label: Topic
content: Jewish artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Modernism (Art) -- United States
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1991 by the Sawyer Free Library.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Meyerowitz, William, 1887-1981
label: Interviewee
content: Bernstein, Theresa
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William Meyerowitz (1887-1981) was born in Ekaterinoslav, Ukraine, Russia, and moved to New York as a child, later becoming a painter and etcher. He was married to Theresa Bernstein (1890-2002), an art historian and painter born in Poland and raised in Philadelphia. Bernstein was part of the Philadelphia Ten.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound cassette
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.meyewili
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
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 William Meyerowitz and Theresa Bernstein conducted in 1978 by David Masters for the Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Meyerowitz speaks of his background in Russia; his early interest in art; his Jewish identity and its effect on his work; immigrating to the United States and meeting Bernstein; the economics of painting; his interest in music; his work in printmaking. Bernstein speaks of the Gloucester environment and its effect on her work.