Bell, Leland Day, Worden Freilicher, Jack Freilicher, Jane Hofmann, Hans Kahn, Wolf Kresch, Albert Rivers, Larry Ross, Alvin Solomon, Hyde American Abstract Artists Jane Street Gallery (New York, N.Y.)

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United States37 Pages, TranscriptOriginally recorded 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr.An interview of Nell Blaine conducted 1967 June 15, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art. Blaine speaks of her family background; her competitive spirit; commercial art; becoming a "disciple" of Hans Hofmann; Hofmann as a teacher; the influence of Arp, Helion, Leger and Mondrian; the American Abstract Artists group; the Jane Street Gallery; jazz musicians; painting in Paris, Italy, Mexico, Greece, England, and elsewhere; her paralysis caused by polio; design work with Alvin H. Ross; her interest in color and light; landscape and figurative paintings; and the contemporary art scene. She recalls Leland Bell, Worden Day, Jane and Jack Freilicher, Wolf Kahn, Albert Kresch, Larry Rivers, Hyde Solomon, and others.Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Nell Blaine, 1967 June 15. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.Nell Blaine (1922-1996) was a painter in New York, New York.English .This interview is 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.Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

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