Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Jason Berger

Summary

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Jason Berger, 1979 January 12-1980 February 1, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.berger79
Creators:
Berger, Jason, 1924-2010
Brown, Robert F.
Dates:
1979 January 12-1980 February 1
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
2 Items
Sound recording: 2 sound files (2 hr., 5 min.)
digital, wav file
47 Pages
Transcript
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Interview of Jason Berger, conducted 1979 January 12 and 1980 February 1, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Scope and Contents
Berger speaks of growing up in Massachusetts; serving in the Army during World War II; studying and teaching at the Museum School in Boston; marrying his wife, Marilyn Powers; studying sculpture in France; exhibiting at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston and other galleries; the art collective Direct Vision; being fired from the Museum School; and teaching at SUNY Buffalo and the Art Institute of Boston. Berger also recalls Karl Zerbe, Ture Bengtz, Hyman Bloom, Hyman Swetzoff, Jack Levine, Leslie Fiedler, Clemens Benda, Ossip Zadkine, and others.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Jason Berger (1924-2010) is a painter and printmaker from Brookline, Massachusetts.
Administration
Sponsor
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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 others.
Digital Content

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Jason Berger, 1979 January 12-1980 February 1, Transcript

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Jason Berger, 1979 January 12-1980 February 1, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
Using the Collection
System Details
Originally recorded on 1 tape reel (5 in.).
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 1 tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 5 min.
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Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painting, Modern -- 20th century Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Printmakers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculpture -- Study and teaching Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
World War, 1939-1945 Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
France -- description and travel Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Interviews Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sound recordings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Benda, Clemens E. (Clemens Ernst), 1898- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bengtz, Ture, 1907-1973 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bloom, Hyman, 1913- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fiedler, Leslie A. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Levine, Jack, 1915-2010 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Powers, Marilyn, 1925-1976 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Swetzoff, Hyman Wulf, 1920-1968 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zadkine, Ossip Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zerbe, Karl, 1903-1972 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art Institute of Boston -- Faculty Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. School Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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State University of New York at Buffalo -- Faculty Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Repository Contact
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