Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Marian Hettner Grunbaum

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.grunba80
Creators:
Grunbaum, Marian Hettner, 1894-2000
Levy, Sandra Curtis
Dates:
1980 May 14
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Sound tape reel
Sound recording
5 in.
56 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Marian Hettner Grunbaum conducted 1980 May 14, by Sandra Curtis Levy, for the Archives of American Art. She discusses growing up in Germany; her earlier career as a musician; leaving Germany with her Jewish husband during Hitler's rise to power; immigrating to the United States and settling in Houston, Texas; her work as a painter; John de Menil; the Houston, Texas arts scene 1930s-1970s.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Marian Hettner Grunbaum (ca. 1896-2000) was a painter from Dresden, Germany, who immigrated to Houston, Texas in 1937.

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. This interview received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Pool.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.

Digital Content


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Painters -- Texas -- Houston Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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