An interview of Chuzo Tamotzu (Tamotsu) conducted 1964 September 3 by Sylvia Loomis for the Archives of American Art.
Tamotzu discusses studying Occidental, Oriental art in Japan; traveling to Korea, Manchuria and China, South Sea Islands, Singapore, then Europe for a year; coming to New York in 1920; his involvement with An American Group; Juliana Force recruiting him for the Federal Art Project; being on the Easel Project and also on the Graphic Art Project; the Works Projects Administration; given "pink-slip" on the Project since he was not a U.S. citizen; stint in the U.S. Army, Office of Strategic Service doing propaganda paintings for psychological war material for the Japanese Army and soldiers; settling in Santa Fe, N.M.; Oriental painting; and Artist Equity Association. Tamotzu mentions Beatrice Mandelman, Louis Ribak, Robert Philip, Stuart Eddy, Frederick Knight, and Olive Rush.
Biographical / Historical:
Chuzo Tamotzu (1888-1975) was a Japanese American painter based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tamotzu was born in Japan and came to the United States in 1920. He moved to Santa Fe in 1948.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 40 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.
This collection consists of the following: United States Military Assistance Command Vietnam 'Command Information,' and 'The Enemy ...in Vietnam,' February 1967; Trainee Handout for Small Arms Training Unit; Ready Reference Facts on South Vietnam; 'Information Guidance for Military Units Alerted for Vietnam,' August 1966; handout on the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing 'Gunfighters' at DaNang Air Base; a North Vietnamese Propaganda Handbook, 1968; four chits, including a safe-conduct pass; and 105 color slides of aircraft, personnel and Vietnamese scenes shot by Keller and copied by the Museum's Photo Lab.
Biographical / Historical:
Richard Keller was an Aircraft Electrical Repairman Specialist at Ta Son Nhut AFB RVN during 1966-1967, where he was a North American F-100 maintenance mechanic.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
Richard Keller, Gift, 1993, 1993-0025, NASM
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
North American F-100 Super Sabre (Sabre 45) Family Search this