Name/Title
Frances and Robert Brackman Interview, 1976. Parts 1-3Entry/Object ID
2025.001.009Scope and Content
Oral history interview with Frances Davis Brackman (1912-2006) and Robert Brackman (1898-1980) conducted at the library, Tuesday, October 18 (year unrecorded) and February 17, 1976.
Frances was raised in Toledo, Ohio and studied art in Minneapolis, where she met the artist Robert Brackman. The couple married in 1936 and moved to New York City, where Robert maintained an art studio and established a successful career as a portrait artist. Frances describes her experiences with Robert's clients, including Charles and Anne Lindbergh, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and John D. Rockefeller, Sr. The Brackman's summered in Noank at Mrs. Thompson's boarding house on Main Street in Noank and eventually purchased a home at 27 Smith Court Noank. Frances also discusses the art colony in Noank and the Mystic Art Association (now the Mystic Museum of Art).
Robert Brackman was born in Odessa, Russia in 1898 and immigrated to the United States in 1907. Robert discusses his career as a lithographer, painter and portrait artist.
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Noank, Mystic Art Association, Noank Art ColonyArchive Details
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Frances Brackman, Robert BrackmanDate(s) of Creation
1976