Resnick, Milton, b. 1917 d. 2004
Educator, PainterNew York, N.Y. (Show Bio)
Milton Resnick interviews, 1988 July 13-Oct. 11
3 sound cassettes (172 p. transcript)
An interview of Milton Resnick conducted by Cynthia Nadelman for the Archives of American Art. Resnick speaks of his life in Russia, New York and Paris, his views on light and dark in painting; the development of his two paintings, NIGHT and DAY; his watercolors; his distrust of ideas; the influence of Soutine and Monet on him.
He recalls Willem and Elaine de Kooning, the Club, Harold Rosenberg, Thomas B. Hess, Pat Passlof, Hans Hofmann, Lionel Abel, and others.
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.
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