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Interviewee:

Jancar, Tom, 1950  Search this

Interviewer:

Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter  Search this

Names:

Bowers Museum  Search this

Claire Copley Gallery  Search this

Jancar Gallery  Search this

Jancar/Kuhlenschmidt Gallery  Search this

Orange Coast College -- Students  Search this

University of California, Irvine -- Students  Search this

Ader, Bas Jan, 1942-1975  Search this

Amico, David, 1951-  Search this

Askevold, David  Search this

Cointet, Guy de, 1934-1983  Search this

DeLap, Tony, 1927-2019  Search this

Gagosian, Larry  Search this

Garver, Thomas H.  Search this

Glicksman, Hal  Search this

Hebron, Micol  Search this

Hubbard, Kim  Search this

Jimmerson, Tom  Search this

Kauffman, Craig, 1932-2010  Search this

Kira, Hiromu, 1898-1991  Search this

Kuhlenschmidt, Richard  Search this

Lawler, Louise  Search this

Leider, Philip, 1929-  Search this

Milant, Jean, 1943-  Search this

Prince, Richard, 1949-  Search this

Segalove, Ilene, 1950-  Search this

Sprinkle, Annie, 1954-  Search this

Tippett, Phil  Search this

Extent:

5 Items (sound files (2 hr., 30 min.) Audio, digital, wav)

58 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

2017 June 23

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Tom Jancar conducted June 23 2017, by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, for the Archives of American Art, at Pomona College, Art Department, Claremont, California.

Mr. Jancar discusses his family's origins in the Pasadena, California area; his mother's interest in painting and his early exposure to art in their home; the impact of music on his early art understanding; his first classes in art history at Orange Coast College and subsequent art degrees from UC Irvine; his interest in collecting Pictorialist photography in the Los Angeles area; his first exposures to Conceptual art at UC Irvine; his time as a teaching assistant for Bas Jan Ader at UCI; the impact of visits as a student to galleries in the L.A. area, especially the Claire Copley Gallery. Mr. Jancar also describes his work as an art preparator at the Bowers Museum; his time performing construction work with Tom Jimmerson for galleries in the L.A. area; his friendship with Richard Kuhlenschmidt and the opening of the Jancar/Kuhlenschmidt Gallery in the Los Altos Apartments building in 1980; Mr. Jancar's decision to leave the gallery business in 1982 and to devote his time to working in corporate architecture; his return to the gallery world in 2006 and the opening of the Thomas Jancar Gallery; his focus on women artists and emphasis on showing the work of emerging artists alongside more established artists; his decision to leave the gallery world once again in 2015, and the closing of his gallery. Mr. Jancar also recalls Hal Glicksman, Tom Jimmerson, Craig Kauffman, Tom Garver, Phil Tippett, Tony DeLap, Ilene Segalove, Hiromu Kira, Guy de Cointet, as well as Kim Hubbard, David Amico, Phil Leider, Larry Gagosian, Louise Lawler, Jean Milant, Micol Hebron, Richard Prince, Annie Sprinkle, and David Askevold, among others.

Biographical / Historical:

Tom Jancar (1950- ) a contemporary art dealer who owns Jancar Gallery in Los Angeles, California. Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is a writer in Los Angeles, California.

Related Materials:

The Archives of American Art also holds the Jancar Gallery records.

Provenance:

This interview is 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 administrators.

Topic:

Art dealers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Gallery owners -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Identifier:

AAA.jancar17

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c8cc1c6d-6d30-4c6a-b676-25c7af8aae1f

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-jancar17

Creator:

Jancar Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Hebron, Micol  Search this

Type:

Printed Materials

Date:

2011

Citation:

Jancar Gallery. Exhibition catalog for Micol Hebron 1995-2011, 2011. Jancar Gallery records, circa 1972-2015. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)21002

See more items in:

Jancar Gallery records, circa 1972-2015, bulk 2006-2015

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_21002

Interviewee:

Jancar, Tom, 1950-  Search this

Interviewer:

Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter  Search this

Subject:

Ader, Bas Jan  Search this

Amico, David  Search this

Askevold, David  Search this

Cointet, Guy de  Search this

DeLap, Tony  Search this

Gagosian, Larry  Search this

Garver, Thomas H.  Search this

Glicksman, Hal  Search this

Hebron, Micol  Search this

Hubbard, Kim  Search this

Jimmerson, Tom  Search this

Kauffman, Craig  Search this

Kira, Hiromu  Search this

Kuhlenschmidt, Richard  Search this

Lawler, Louise  Search this

Leider, Philip  Search this

Milant, Jean  Search this

Prince, Richard  Search this

Segalove, Ilene  Search this

Sprinkle, Annie  Search this

Tippett, Phil  Search this

Bowers Museum  Search this

Claire Copley Gallery  Search this

Jancar Gallery  Search this

Jancar/Kuhlenschmidt Gallery  Search this

Orange Coast College  Search this

University of California, Irvine  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Tom Jancar, 2017 June 23. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Topic:

Art dealers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Gallery owners -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews  Search this

Women artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)17485

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)389161

AAA_collcode_jancar17

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_389161

Collection Creator:

Jancar Gallery  Search this

Container:

Box 1, Folder 15-16

Type:

Archival materials

Date:

2010-2011

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of born-digital records with no duplicate access copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Jancar Gallery records, circa 1972-2015, bulk 2006-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by Gerald and Bente Buck.

See more items in:

Jancar Gallery records

Jancar Gallery records / Series 1: Exhibition and Artist Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f0e88c7a-12f7-4a67-b57c-b5382d985527

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-jancgall-ref12

Collection Creator:

Jancar Gallery  Search this

Extent:

0.499 Gigabytes (126 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER15

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2010-2016

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of born-digital records with no duplicate access copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Jancar Gallery records, circa 1972-2015, bulk 2006-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by Gerald and Bente Buck.

See more items in:

Jancar Gallery records

Jancar Gallery records / Series 1: Exhibition and Artist Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9cf4e3e66-3f65-49a8-acee-676a06f5f40a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-jancgall-ref79

Collection Creator:

Jancar Gallery  Search this

Extent:

3.21 Gigabytes (56 computer files)

Container:

Folder ER16

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2010

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of born-digital records with no duplicate access copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Jancar Gallery records, circa 1972-2015, bulk 2006-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by Gerald and Bente Buck.

See more items in:

Jancar Gallery records

Jancar Gallery records / Series 1: Exhibition and Artist Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw95c153e60-353e-4ce9-bfec-2cc9b5a9ec2e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-jancgall-ref80

Collection Creator:

Jancar Gallery  Search this

Extent:

0.134 Gigabytes (Three computer files)

Container:

Folder ER17

Type:

Archival materials

Gigabytes

Date:

2010

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Use of born-digital records with no duplicate access copies requires advance notice.

Collection Citation:

Jancar Gallery records, circa 1972-2015, bulk 2006-2014. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Sponsor:

Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by Gerald and Bente Buck.

See more items in:

Jancar Gallery records

Jancar Gallery records / Series 1: Exhibition and Artist Files

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a7198168-176a-4440-9d62-526ee098937a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aaa-jancgall-ref81