Oral history interview with Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne, 1968 January 29, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
Oral history interview with Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne, 1968 January 29-February 16, Transcript
Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hrs., 20 min.
An interview of Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne conducted 1968 January 29, by Irving Sandler, for the Archives of American Art. She discusses her association with the American Abstract Artists group during the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. She speaks at length of her late husband, Byron Browne, and her associations with artists including Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning, among others. She reads excerpts from her speeches to artist groups.
Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne (1916-1979) was a painter, art critic and teacher in New York, New York. She was a member of the New York Art Students' League and the American Abstract Artists.
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.
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.