Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Patrocino Barela

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.barela64
Creators:
Barela, PatrociƱo, -1964
Loomis, Sylvia Glidden
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
Dates:
1964 July 2
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
12 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Patrocino Barela conducted 1964 July 2, by Sylvia Loomis for the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.
Scope and Contents
Barela speaks of his family background; his childhood; the development of his carving; his involvement with the Federal Art Project; religious themes in his work; and his sculpture techniques.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Patrocino Barela (1902-1964) was a wood carver from Taos, New Mexico.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
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 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 26 min.
General
Interviews of Andrew Dasburg and Chuzo Tamotzu conducted by S. Loomis are also on this tape.


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Federal Art Project (N.M.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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