Reminiscences of Fred Fenster [electronic resource] : oral history, 1986

Biographical Note

Metal artist.

Scope and Contents

Early life in New York City; BFA City College of New York; industrial arts teacher in Bronx public school, 1956; MFA Cranbrook Academy; recreation craft specialist with Army; teaching metal work at University of Wisconsin; views on crafting religious objects; ideas on future work and style in metal art and jewelry; impressions of Stanley Lechtzin, Bret Kington, Mike Friedenthal.

Subjects

• Art metal-workers--Interviews.
• Arts and crafts movement.
• Arts and religion.
• Cranbrook Academy of Art.
• Fenster, Fred, 1934---Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Jewelry.
• Oral histories.
• Polsky, Richard M., interviewer.
• Wire craft.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1987.