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Interviewee:
Lobdell, Frank, 1921-  Search this
Interviewer:
St. John, Terry  Search this
Subject:
Bischoff, Elmer  Search this
Booth, Cameron  Search this
Diebenkorn, Richard  Search this
Falkenstein, Claire  Search this
Francis, Sam  Search this
Hatofsky, Jerry  Search this
Hultberg, John  Search this
MacAgy, Douglas  Search this
Smith, Hassel  Search this
Spohn, Clay Edgar  Search this
Still, Clyfford  Search this
Valvo, Ninfa  Search this
Zogbaum, Wilfrid  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
Sound recording: 7 Sound cassettes; 77 Pages, Transcript
Summary:
An interview of Frank Lobdell conducted 1980 Apr. 9-1980 May 7, by Terry St. John, for the Archives of American Art.
Lobdell speaks of his youth and family background; his early interest in art; his education; studying with Cameron Booth; his service in the U.S. Army; artist friends and influences; political influences on his work; the community of artists in San Francisco in the 1950s, including Elmer Bischoff and Clyfford Still; his "dark years"; teaching at Stanford; reviews by critics; and the avant-garde art of the 1960s. He recalls Ninfa Valvo, Douglas MacAgy, Hassel Smith, Richard Diebenkorn, Wilfred Zogbaum, Sam Francis, Jerry (Julian) Hatofsky, Claire Falkenstein, Clay Spohn, and John Hultberg.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Frank Lobdell, 1980 Apr. 9-May 7. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3198 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Funding:
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Biography Note:
Frank Lobdell (1921- ) is a painter, printmaker, and teacher of Stanford, Calif.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12325
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211971
AAA_collcode_lobdel80
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211971