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Interviewee:

McChesney, Robert, 1913-2008  Search this

Interviewer:

Ferbraché, Lewis  Search this

Subject:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Robert McChesney, 1964 Apr. 4. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11683

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213647

AAA_collcode_mcches64

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213647

Interviewee:

McChesney, Robert, 1913-2008  Search this

Interviewer:

Ferbraché, Lewis  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

22 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Apr. 4

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Robert McChesney conducted 1964 Apr. 4, by Lewis Ferbraché, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical:

Robert McChesney (1913-2008) was a muralist in California.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 5 min.

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Rights:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.mcches64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95a2903f5-334d-46af-a6ff-e8529eb9e09c

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-mcches64

Interviewee:

Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979  Search this

Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957  Search this

Extent:

13 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Sept. 10

Scope and Contents:

An interview of José Moya del Pino conducted 1964 Sept. 10, by Mary McChesney, for the New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

Moya del Pino speaks of his youth in Spain, and his education in Rome and in Paris; meeting Matisse; moving to San Francisco and taking up portraiture there; starting with the Federal Art Project (FAP) and working on a mural at Coit Tower; political problems with the murals and other work done under the FAP; painting a mural in a post office in Alpine, Tex., and other murals; how work was assigned; his mural for the Social Security Building in Washington, D.C.; and his feelings about government support for the arts and how it should be administered. He recalls Diego Rivera and Victor Arnautoff.

Biographical / Historical:

José Moya del Pino (1891-1969) was a Spanish born painter and mural painter from California.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 57 min.

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Topic:

Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Hispanic American artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

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.

Identifier:

AAA.moyade64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fa474986-b9ae-4922-9308-f4feadccc6c9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-moyade64

Interviewee:

Ames, Arthur Forbes, 1906-1975  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag, 1914-2002  Search this

Subject:

Ames, Jean Goodwin, 1903-1986  Search this

Albro, Maxine  Search this

Bruton, Helen  Search this

Bruton, Margaret  Search this

Drerup, Karl  Search this

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames, 1965 June 9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mosaics -- California  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California  Search this

Tapestry -- California  Search this

Mosaicists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12923

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213229

AAA_collcode_ames65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213229

Interviewee:

Sheets, Millard Owen, 1907-1989  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

Feitelson, Lorser  Search this

Hatfield, Dalzell  Search this

Lebrun, Rico  Search this

Modra, Theodore B.  Search this

Chamberlin, F. Tolles (Frank Tolles)  Search this

Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Millard Sheets, 1986 October-1988 July. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- California  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Designers -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Educators -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Watercolorists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12825

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213761

AAA_collcode_sheets86

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213761

Interviewee:

Sheets, Millard, 1907-1989  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this

Names:

Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

Chamberlin, F. Tolles (Frank Tolles), 1873-1961  Search this

Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978  Search this

Hatfield, Dalzell, 1893-1963  Search this

Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964  Search this

Modra, Theodore B., 1873-1930  Search this

Extent:

167 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1986 October-1988 July

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Millard Sheets conducted 1986 October-1988 July, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.

Sheets speaks of his childhood and early education; attending Chouinard Art Institute and being influenced by instructor F. Tolles Chamberlin; teaching at Scripps College Foundation of Art from 1931 to 1955; the beginnings of the California Watercolor Society; his painting career; his thoughts on Southern California Modernism; the growth and development of California art; artists including Lorser Feitelson and Rico Lebrun; designing forty buildings for Howard Ahmanson from the 1950s through the 1970s; his relationships with art critics; his involvement with architecture and design; and his philosophy as an art teacher. He recalls Theodore Modra and Dalzell Hatfield.

Biographical / Historical:

Millard Sheets (1907-1989) was a painter, educator, designer, and mural painter from California.

General:

Originally recorded on 8 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 16 digital wav files. Duration is 8 hr., 13 min.

Provenance:

These interviews are part of the Archives' 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.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States  Search this

Art -- Study and teaching -- California  Search this

Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- California  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Designers -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Educators -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Watercolorists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

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.

Identifier:

AAA.sheets86

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99b040f34-68ec-4a79-b405-0e9a667037b0

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-sheets86

Interviewee:

Ames, Arthur Forbes, 1906-1975  Search this

Ames, Jean Goodwin, 1903-1986  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Hoag  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Albro, Maxine, 1903-1966  Search this

Bruton, Helen, 1898-1985  Search this

Bruton, Margaret, 1894-  Search this

Drerup, Karl, 1904-2000  Search this

Extent:

30 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 June 9

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Arthur and Jean Goodwin Ames conducted 1965 June 9, by Betty Hoag McGlynn, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project. They speak of their participation in WPA projects at Newport Harbor Union High School, the San Diego County Courthouse, the Jon Lindbergh Junior High School, and the California Federal Building and Loan in Los Angeles; mural, mosaic and tapestry techniques and materials; Karl Drerup and the development of enameling in America; and the effect of the federal art programs on contemporary art. They also describe the work of Maxine Albro and Helen and Margaret Bruton.

Biographical / Historical:

Arthur Forbes (1906-1975) and Jean Goodwin Ames (1903-1986) were mural painters, mosaicists, and tapissiers from Claremont, California.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 12 minutes.

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Tapissiers -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mosaics -- California  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California  Search this

Tapestry -- California  Search this

Mosaicists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.ames65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw917e4630c-6d30-48ab-8a20-45433b71a2aa

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-ames65

Interviewee:

Emery, Edwin, 1918-  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag, 1914-2002  Search this

Subject:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Edwin Emery, 1965 May 24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12215

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213442

AAA_collcode_emery65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213442

Interviewee:

Emery, Edwin, 1918-  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Hoag  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

38 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 May 24

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Edwin Emery conducted 1965 May 24, by Betty Hoag, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

Biographical / Historical:

Edwin Emery (1918-) was a mural painter in California.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 34 min.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.emery65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9ddc7d27b-324c-45ea-b01b-38015cf8c7d3

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-emery65

Interviewee:

Maccoy, Guy C. (Guy Crittington), 1904-1981  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag, 1914-2002  Search this

Subject:

Maccoy, Genoi Pettit  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Guy and Genoi Pettit Maccoy, 1965 July 24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Illustrators -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11792

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213787

AAA_collcode_maccoy65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213787

Interviewee:

Maccoy, Guy C., 1904-1981  Search this

Maccoy, Genoi Pettit  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Hoag  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

40 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 July 24

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Guy and Genoi Pettit Maccoy conducted, 1965 July 24, by Betty Hoag, in Chatsworth, Calif., for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

Biographical / Historical:

Guy Maccoy (1904-1981) was a mural painter and painter. Genoi (1894-1982) was an illustrator, designer, and painter. Both were from Chattsworth, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 22 min.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Illustrators -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.maccoy65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9dad3ac03-0c4d-45e0-8caf-e03bbf485179

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-maccoy65

Interviewee:

Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982  Search this

Interviewer:

Martin, Minette  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Kenneth Rexroth, 1964 Apr. 13. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12951

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213045

AAA_collcode_rexrot64

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213045

Interviewee:

Haines, Richard, 1906-1984  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag, 1914-2002  Search this

Subject:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Richard Haines, 1965 Jan. 29. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11992

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213542

AAA_collcode_haines65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213542

Interviewee:

Moya del Pino, Jose, 1891-1969  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller, 1922-2022  Search this

Subject:

Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail  Search this

Rivera, Diego  Search this

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with José Moya del Pino, 1964 Sept. 10. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.)  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California -- San Francisco  Search this

Hispanic American artists  Search this

Theme:

Latino and Latin American  Search this

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12903

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213674

AAA_collcode_moyade64

Theme:

Latino and Latin American

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213674

Interviewee:

Young, Beckford, 1905-1979  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller, 1922-2022  Search this

Subject:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Beckford Young, 1965 May 19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11816

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213983

AAA_collcode_young65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213983

Interviewee:

Spencer, John, 1911-1996  Search this

Interviewer:

Karlstrom, Paul J  Search this

Subject:

Cornwell, Dean  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place:

Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Buildings, structures, etc

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with John Spencer, 1994 September 1. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art, American -- California, Southern  Search this

Art, Modern -- 20th century -- California, Southern  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11771

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215798

AAA_collcode_spence94

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_215798

Interviewee:

Gilien, Ted, 1914-1967  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag, 1914-2002  Search this

Subject:

Bocour, Leonard  Search this

Levine, Jack  Search this

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ted Gilien, 1965 Mar. 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art and state  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Art and war  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Theme:

New Deal  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12806

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213487

AAA_collcode_gilien65

Theme:

New Deal

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213487

Interviewee:

Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982  Search this

Interviewer:

Martin, Minette  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

21 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1964 Apr. 13

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Kenneth Rexroth conducted 1964 Apr. 13, by Minette Martin, for the Archives of American Art.

Discusses his mural painting for the Federal Arts Project during the Depression.

Biographical / Historical:

Kenneth Rexroth (1905-1982) was a painter and muralist in San Francisco, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 33 min.

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.rexrot64

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f2e1db5a-0759-4924-bfa4-ab5706a2d24d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-rexrot64

Interviewee:

Young, Beckford, 1905-1979  Search this

Interviewer:

McChesney, Mary Fuller  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Extent:

37 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 May 19

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Beckford Young conducted 1965 May 19, by Mary Fuller McChesney, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.

Biographical / Historical:

Beckford Young (1905-1979) was a mural painter from California.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 8 min.

Provenance:

Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Topic:

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Mural painting and decoration -- California  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.young65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98d10b39e-c6b0-462c-9544-06f79f2010f9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-young65

Interviewee:

Gilien, Ted, 1914-1967  Search this

Interviewer:

McGlynn, Betty Hoag  Search this

Creator:

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Names:

Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this

Bocour, Leonard, 1910-1993  Search this

Levine, Jack, 1915-2010  Search this

Extent:

2 Sound tape reels (Sound recording, 3 in.)

67 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Sound tape reels

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

1965 Mar. 3

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Ted Gilien conducted 1965 Mar. 3, by Betty Hoag, for the Archives of American Art. Gilien speaks of his background and education; getting on the WPA Federal Art Project; starting out as an assistant mural painter on Ellis Island; his military service in World War II as a combat artist; working in New York City and then in California after World War II; experimenting in screenwriting and novel writing; recurring themes in his paintings; his feelings about the FAP; art criticism; the politics of government support for the arts; camaraderie among artists during the WPA years. He recalls Leonard Bocour, James Dean, and Jack Levine.

Biographical / Historical:

Ted Gilien (1914-1967) was a painter and muralist in New York, N.Y. and Los Angeles, Calif.

General:

An unrelated interview of Charles White (3/9/65) conducted by B. Hoag is also on one tape.

An interview of F. J. Schwankovsky (3/1/65) conducted by B. Hoag is also on one tape.

Provenance:

This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.

Restrictions:

This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Art and state  Search this

Federal aid to the arts  Search this

Art and war  Search this

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Muralists -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- California -- Interviews  Search this

Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this

Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Identifier:

AAA.gilien65

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fc464c8e-b350-4f4f-8840-f7f2c6144164

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gilien65