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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Federica Beer-Monti
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.beermo67
- Creators:
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Beer-Monti, Friederike, 1891-1980Coleman, Butler
- Dates:
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1967 November 1
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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28 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview with Friederike (Federica) Beer-Monti conducted 1967 November 1, by Butler Coleman, for the Archives of American Art.
Beer-Monti discusses her early life in Vienna, including posing for artists Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt; modeling clothing for the Wiener Werkstätte; her romantic relationship with Hans Böhler; architect Josef Hoffmann; volunteering at Nebehay Gallery; and her experiences of World War I and World War II. She discusses fleeing Europe for the United States in the mid-1930s due to the rise of Nazism; meeting Hugh Stix; and the founding of New York's Artists' Gallery. She mentions artists Oskar Kokoschka, Sarah Berman, De Hirsh Margules, Louise Nevelson, Louis Schanker, Eugenie Baizerman and Saul Baizerman.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Friederike (Federica) Beer-Monti (1876-1980) was an art dealer and artists' muse, born in Vienna, Austria, immigrating to New York, New York, in the mid-1930s.
Administration
Sponsor
This interview received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Pool.
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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 58 min.
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| Baizerman, Eugenie, 1899-1949 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Baizerman, Saul, 1889-1957 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Kokoschka, Oskar, 1886- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Margules, De Hirsh, 1899-1965 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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