Art
Rothenstein, Michael. (1 of 10). National Life Story Collection: Artists' Lives
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Type
sound
Duration
00:30:16
Shelf mark
C466/02
Subjects
Art
Recording date
1990-07-23
Recording locations
interviewee's home, United Kingdom
Interviewees
Rothenstein, Michael, 1908- (speaker, male)
Interviewers
Gooding, Mel, (speaker, male)
Abstract
Part 1. Description of Rothenstein's childhood artwork, importance in it of family festivals, nature and the First World War; comments on it made by Peter Fuller. Influence on Michael of his father, William Rothenstein; Michael's relations with his sisters and mother (Mary Knewstubb, actress, stage name Alice Kingsley). Anecdote from John Knewstubb (painter, Mary's father, Rothenstein's grandfather) concerning Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
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Michael Rothenstein interviewed by Mel Gooding: full transcript of the interview
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