Oral history interview with Stephen Etnier
name: label: Interviewee
content: Etnier, Stephen, 1903-1984
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
label: Names
content: Carroll, John, 1892-1959
label: Names
content: Kent, Rockwell, 1882-1971
label: Names
content: Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers), 1882-1945
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Maine -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: Etnier, Stephen, 1903-1984
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Stephen Etnier (1903-1984) was a painter from Harpswell, Me.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 63 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973 Feb. 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.etnier73
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
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 3197 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 Stephen Morgan Etnier conducted 1973 Feb. 22, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Etnier speaks of his youth and education, his motivations for becoming a painter, his travels in South America and the Caribbean, and his years at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He discusses getting established in galleries and the subject matter in his paintings. He recalls John Carroll, Rockwell Kent, and N.C. Wyeth.