Halberstadt, Ernst, b. 1910 d. 1987
Muralist, Painter, Sculptor(Show Bio)
Ernst Halberstadt interview, 1979 Feb. 16
1 sound tape reel ; 5 in.
An interview of Ernst Halberstadt conducted by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art. Halberstadt speaks of his youth in Boston; his education at a technical high school and at the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston; his work on murals at Radio City Music Hall, and with Diego Rivera in Detroit; his experiences as a WPA supervisor; the documenting of slums in Boston in the 1930s; and commercial photography.
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.
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