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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Ernst Halberstadt
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.halber79
- Creators:
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Halberstadt, Ernst, 1910-1987Brown, Robert F.
- Dates:
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1979 Feb. 16
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Sound tape reelSound recording5 in.57 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Ernst Halberstadt conducted 1979 Feb. 16, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Halberstadt speaks of his youth in Boston; his education at a technical high school and at the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston; his work on murals at Radio City Music Hall, and with Diego Rivera in Detroit; his experiences as a WPA supervisor; the documenting of slums in Boston in the 1930s; and commercial photography.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Ernst Halberstadt (1910-1987) was a painter and mural painter from Cambridge, Mass.
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
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
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
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Archives of American Art
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Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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