Item Information
Title: Interview with Benny Andrews
Date: 1972 May 18
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 47 min., 24 sec.
Description: Recording has hum and background noise. Interview recording ends 00:40:41. Karl Fortess interviews Benny Andrews. Discussion topics are wide-ranging and include Andrews's life, growing up in a sharecropping family, forms of discrimination against African Americans, his education, choosing between commercial and fine art, the subject matter, themes and styles of his artwork, and plans for The Bicentennial Series. Also discussed are attitudes toward realistic versus abstract art in the 1950s art education. People mentioned include Boris Margo.
Creator: Andrews, Benny, 1930-2006
Forms part of: Karl E. Fortess interviews with artists, Circa 1963-1985
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Benny Andrews and Karl E. (Karl Eugene) Fortess. Interview with Benny Andrews, 1972 May 18. Karl E. Fortess interviews with artists, Circa 1963-1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 23501