Oral history interview with Zoltan Sepeshy
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 18 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
label: Names
content: Cranbrook Academy of Art
label: Names
content: Booth, George G. (George Gough), b. 1864
label: Names
content: Milles, Carl, 1875-1955
label: Names
content: Saarinen, Eliel, 1873-1950
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Michigan -- 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: Sepeshy, Zoltan, 1898-1974
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Zoltan Sepeshy (1898-1974) was a painter.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 30 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973 April 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sepesh73
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 Zoltan Sepeshy conducted 1973 April 26, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art. Sepeshy speaks of his early years at Cranbrook Academy and describes the scene at Cranbrook in 1930, its staff, and nucleus of creative artists. He discusses the prevailing philosophy of freedom and independence for students at Cranbrook. He recalls George Booth, Eliel Saarinen, and Carl Milles.