Oral history interview with Jane Kallir, 1993 Feb. 25

Collection Information

Size: Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (90 min.) : analog.

Transcript: 30 p.

Summary: Interview of Jane Kallir, conducted by Rose-Carol Washton Long for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution in New York, New York on February 25, 1993.

Kallir speaks of the founding of the Galerie St. Etienne by her grandfather; her grandfather's Neue Galerie in Vienna; her education in art history and studio art; how she began working at the Galerie St. Etienne; her interest in folk art and Austrian and German Expressionism; writing a catalogue raisonne on Egon Schiele; her grandfather's attitude towards women artists, including Kathe Kollwitz and Grandma Moses; and exhibitions at the Galerie including Gustav Klimt to Egon Schiele, Austria's Expressionism, The Folk Art Tradition. Kallir also recalls John Kallir, Eva Marie Kallir, Hildegard Bachert, and others.

Biographical/Historical Note

Jane Kallir (1954- ) is an art dealer from Galerie St. Etienne in New York, N.Y.

Provenance

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 administrators. Funding for this interview was provided by the Art Dealers Association.

Funding

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

This transcript is open for research. Access to the audio is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Authorization to publish, quote or reproduce must be obtained from: Jane Kallir, c/o Galerie St. Etienne, 24 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Jane Kallir, 1993 Feb. 25. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.