Oral history interview with Edwin Ruda, 1988 January 26

Object Details

Place of publication, production, or execution

United States

Physical Description

151 Pages, Transcript

General Note

Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 42 min.

Summary

An interview of Edwin Ruda conducted 1988 January 26, by Michael Chisolm, for the Archives of American Art. Ruda speaks of his education; his life in Mexico; his time as a G.I.; The Club; the Park Place Gallery; the Paula Cooper Gallery; phases of his work. He recalls Sidney Geist, Mark Di Suvero, Willem De Kooning, Milton Resnick and Forrest Myers.

Citation

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Edwin Ruda, 1988 January 26. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

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.

Biography Note

Edwin Ruda (1922- ) is a painter from New York, N.Y.

Language Note

English .

Provenance

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.

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Record number

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12616

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212090

AAA_collcode_ruda88

interviewee

Ruda, Edwin, 1922-

interviewer

Chisolm, Michael

Subject

De Kooning, Willem

Di Suvero, Mark

Geist, Sidney

Myers, Forrest Warden

Resnick, Milton

Club (New York, N.Y.)

Park Place Gallery Art Research, Inc.

Paula Cooper Gallery

Type

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic

Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews

Record ID

AAADCD_oh_212090

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