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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Richard Ayer
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.ayer64
- Creators:
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Ayer, Richard Gentry, 1909-1967McChesney, Mary FullerNew Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
- Dates:
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1964 September 26
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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20 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Richard Ayer conducted 1964 September 26, by Mary McChesney, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Scope and Contents
Ayer speaks of his "haphazard" education, including study with Hilaire Hiler; his work assisting Victor Mikhail Arnautoff on frescos in the Presidio Chapel; the WPA easel painting project in San Francisco; and the Aquatic Park Building mural program, 1934. He recalls some of the artists associated with the Aquatic Park project. He also discusses the Ostwald and Hiler color theories and Herman Volz's mural for the Treasure Island Federal Building.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Richard Ayer (1909-1967) was a mural painter from San Francisco, California.
Administration
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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript available on line.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 1 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 52 min.
Keywords
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Federal aid to the arts | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Mural painting and decoration -- California | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Muralists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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Arnautoff, Victor Mikhail, 1896-1979 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Hiler, Hilaire, 1898-1966 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Volz, Herman, 1904-1990 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Federal Art Project (Calif.) | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
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