Oral history interview with Hananiah Harari
odd: label: General
content: Sound quality is poor in parts of the interview.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Harari, Hananiah, 1912-2000
label: Interviewer
content: Stavitsky, Gail, 1954-
label: Names
content: Davis, Stuart, 1892-1964
label: Names
content: Emanuel, Herzl, ca. 1915-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Commercial artists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Political cartoons
label: Topic
content: Commercial art
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
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. Funding for this interview was provided by the Horace Goldsmith Foundation.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Harari, Hananiah, 1912-2000
label: Interviewer
content: Stavitsky, Gail, 1954-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hananiah Harari (1912-2000) was a painter, cartoonist, muralist, commercial artist, and educator from New York. Born in Rochester, NY. Taught at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan from 1974-1990 and at the Art Students League from 1984-1999. Died July 19, 2000.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recordings (3 hours))
label: Extent
content: 76 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1992 Sept. 24-Oct. 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.harari92
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
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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 Hananiah Harari conducted 1992 Sept. 24-Oct. 15, by Gail Stavitsky, for the Archives of American Art. Harari discusses his work as he shows examples to the interviewer; mural sketches he completed for the WPA (1936-1941); his background; the N.Y. art scene in the 1930s; his political cartoons; writing a monthly column in the magazine THE NEW MASSES entitled "On Safari with Harari"; his commercial artwork; being blacklisted as a commercial artist during the McCarthy Era; how his views on Communism have changed; his early training; studying in Paris and traveling around Europe for several years in the early 1930s; his teaching career at The School of Visual Arts, N.Y. (1974-1991) and at the Art Students League. He recalls Stuart Davis and Herzl Emanuel.