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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Jack Beal
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.beal68
- Creators:
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Beal, Jack, 1931-Cummings, Paul
- Dates:
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1968 March 27
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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35 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Jack Beal conducted 1968 March 27, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Beal speaks of his family background, southern artists, the Chicago Art Institute, studying with Kathleen Blackshear, the "Wells Street Group", the influence of Arshile Gorky and Chicago artists. He discusses refusing a scholarship to the Hans Hofmann School; the Cedar Bar; the New York art world; his wife, Sandra; painting with Ivan and Susan Michod and the "color" of color television. Beal comments on making a movie with Tom Doyle, William Giles, Michael Kirby, and Stanley Landsman; living off the land; and overcoming the "masterpiece complex."
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Jack Beal (1931- 2013) was a painter from Oneonta, New York.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
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More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 10 min.
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| Blackshear, Kathleen, 1897-1988 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Doyle, Tom | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Giles, William, 1930- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Kirby, Michael | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Landsman, Stanley, 1930- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Michod, Ivan | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Michod, Susan A., 1945- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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