Harari, Hananiah, b. 1912 d. 2000
Illustrator, Muralist, PainterNew York, N.Y. (Show Bio)
Hananiah Harari interviews, 1992 Sept. 24 - Oct. 15
Sound recordings: 2 sound cassettes (3 hours)
Transcript: 76 p.
An interview of Hananiah Harari conducted by Gail Stavitsky for the Archives of American Art.
Harari discusses his work as he shows examples to the interviewer; mural sketches he completed for the WPA (1936-1941); his background; the N.Y. art scene in the 1930s; his political cartoons; writing a monthly column in the magazine THE NEW MASSES entitled "On Safari with Harari"; his commercial artwork; being blacklisted as a commercial artist during the McCarthy Era; how his views on Communism have changed; his early training; studying in Paris and traveling around Europe for several years in the early 1930s; his teaching career at The School of Visual Arts, N.Y. (1974-1991) and at the Art Students League. He recalls Stuart Davis and Herzl Emanuel.
These interviews are 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 administrators. Funding for this interview was provided by the Horace Goldsmith Foundation.
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