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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Rockne Krebs
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.krebs90
- Creators:
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Krebs, Rockne, 1938-2011Forgey, Benjamin
- Dates:
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1990 Jan. 27-Feb. 3
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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164 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Rockne Krebs conducted 1990 Jan. 27-Feb.3, by Benjamin Forgey, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Krebs discusses growing up in Kansas City; his early interest in art; childhood art classes at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; his family and their home; studying sculpture at the University of Kansas; influential teachers; attending Naval Officer's Training School; his U.S. Navy service and art education while in the Navy; working in Washington, D.C. as the Public Affairs Officer for Vice-Admiral Frost in the 1960s; his wife Denise and their daughter Heather; meeting Anthony Caro, Kenneth Noland, and Jules Olitski; his "Chevron" series; his interest in planes, light, space, and "dematerializing" sculpture; the influence of Walter Hopps; working with laser specialists and Hewlett Packard equipment; his outdoor city-scale laser sculpture; and his early principal patrons Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Stern and works created for them. Krebs also describes in detail his laser sculptures for the New Orleans Museum of Art (1971) and St. Petersburg (1975-1976) and comments on economic, political and social aspects of the art world.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Rockne Krebs (1938-2011) was a sculptor from Washington, D.C.
Administration
Sponsor
Funding for this interview was provided by the Lannan Foundation. 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. Funding for these interviews provided by the Lannan Foundation.
Digital Content
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 14 digital wav files. Duration is 7 hrs., 27 min.
Keywords
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Art, American | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sculpture -- Technique | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Sculptors -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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Caro, Anthony, 1924- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Noland, Kenneth, 1924-2010 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Olitski, Jules, 1922-2007 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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