Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Conger Metcalf

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.metcal82
Creators:
Metcalf, Conger, 1914-1998
Brown, Robert F.
Dates:
1982 Feb. 24
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
2 Items
sound cassettes. Sound recording
41 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview with Conger Metcalf conducted 1982 Feb. 24, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Metcalf speaks of studying with Grant Wood and Karl Zerbe; his career as a teacher of painting and drawing at Boston University; and his figural subject matter and method of working.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Conger Metcalf (1914-1998) was a painter and educator from Boston, 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.
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


More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 28 min.


Keywords

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Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art teachers -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Wood, Grant, 1891-1942 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Zerbe, Karl, 1903-1972 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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