Archives of American Art

Conflict of visions [videorecording] / producer, Tug Yourgrau; editor, Joel Olicker

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.wgbhedut
Creators:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Dates:
c1987
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Item
videocassette (VHS) (ca. 30 min)
sd., col.
1/2 in.
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Examines the Boston art scene in the late l930s and l940s, where traditional conservative artistic taste clashed with the emerging Boston Expressionists trained at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston School. Focuses on the artists' relationship to the newly formed Institute of Modern Art, and the uproar which resulted when its director, James Plaut, issued a statement viewed as antagonistic to artists explaining the change of name of the museum to the Institute of Contemporary Art. Discussing the events are artists Barbara Swan, Bernard Chaet, Ralph Coburn and Hyman Bloom, ICA director James Plaut and president Nathanial Saltonstall, art historian Pamela Allara, Nelson Aldrich and Lloyd Goodrich.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated in 1993 by the WGBH Educational Foundation.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

More Information

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)

Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation, c1987

General

General
First broadcast on WGBH January 1988.

Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Massachusetts -- Boston Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Expressionism (Art) Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Video recordings Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Interviews Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters -- Massachusetts -- Boston Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Museum directors -- Massachusetts -- Boston Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art museums -- Massachusetts -- Boston Function Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aldrich, Nelson W. Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Allara, Pamela Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Bloom, Hyman, 1913- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Chaet, Bernard Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Coburn, Ralph, 1923- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Plaut, James S. (James Sachs), 1912-1996 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Swan, Barbara, 1922- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yourgrau, Tug Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Olicker, Joel Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Institute of Modern Art (Boston, Mass.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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