You are here

Davi Leventhal Clip 1: An Artist in Astoria

Collection: 30th Ave - A Year in the Life of a Street Records at the Archives at Queens Library: Davi Leventhal
Date: Time Period: 2011.0; 2011-07-08; Interview recorded: July 8 2011 Material: Digital audio recording made using Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5. Dimension: Total running time: 0:05:21
Creator: Davi Leventhal interviewed by Annabel Short Identifier: aql:18664 leventhal_davi_clip1

Description: Brazillian painter Davi Leventhal discusses the different tools and mediums he uses for his art, as well as artists he admires, which include Van Gogh, Velasquez, Peter Paul Rubens, Jean Luis David. Davi talks about the art scene in Astoria, where there isn't that much unity among artists. He says in New York, it's difficult because everybody is so busy and hardly has time for themselves let alone for anything else.

Collection : aql:20455; aql:33419; aql:18657

Creator : Davi Leventhal interviewed by Annabel Short

Date : Time Period: 2011.0; 2011-07-08; Interview recorded: July 8 2011

Summary/Description : Brazillian painter Davi Leventhal discusses the different tools and mediums he uses for his art, as well as artists he admires, which include Van Gogh, Velasquez, Peter Paul Rubens, Jean Luis David. Davi talks about the art scene in Astoria, where there isn't that much unity among artists. He says in New York, it's difficult because everybody is so busy and hardly has time for themselves let alone for anything else.

Subject : Artists

Rights : Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Locations discussed: Astoria, Queens, NY Astoria (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Oral history

Format : Digital audio recording made using Olympus Linear PCM Recorder LS-10 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth CS5.; Total running time: 0:05:21

Identifier : aql:18664 leventhal_davi_clip1

Related Items

Subject:
Artists

Audio Clip

Rights Notice
Contact the Archives at Queens Library (718-990-0770) for research and reproduction requests.


Add new comment

Filtered HTML

  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <br>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.