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Interviewee:
Baur, John I. H. (John Ireland Howe), 1909-1987  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Faison, S. Lane (Samson Lane)  Search this
Focillon, Henri  Search this
Goodrich, Lloyd  Search this
Halpert, Edith Gregor  Search this
Neuberger, Roy R.  Search this
Sizer, Theodore  Search this
Black Emergency Cultural Coalition  Search this
Whitney Museum of American Art  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
114 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 10 digital wav files. Duration is 7 hr., 33 min.
Summary:
An interview of John I. H. Baur conducted 1970 January 22-February 19, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Baur speaks of his education, his work at the Brooklyn Museum, WNYC radio programs, art dealers in the 1940s, museum acquisitions and his research on William Sidney Mount, John Quidor and Theodore Robinson. He discusses exhibitions and scholarship, joining the staff of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the organization of the Friends of the Whitney, art critics, Whitney Annuals, and the "Black Emergency Cultural Coalition." Baur recalls Edith Halpert, Samson Lane Faison, Jr., Henri Focillon, Lloyd Goodrich, Roy R. Neuberger, Theodore Sizer and others.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with John I. H. Baur, 1970 January 22-February 19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
John I. H. Baur (1909-1987) was a museum curator from New York, New York.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
These interviews are part of the Archives' 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.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Museum curators -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12000
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211958
AAA_collcode_baur70
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211958