Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Billy Al Bengston

Summary

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Billy Al Bengston, 1980 September 9, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
Collection ID:
AAA.bengst80
Creators:
Bengston, Billy Al
Larsen, Susan C.
Dates:
1980 September 9
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
38 Pages
Transcript
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Billy Al Bengston conducted 1980 September 9, by Susan Larsen, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Bengston speaks of his youth and education, the development of his interest in art, his short career in ceramics, his affiliation with the Ferus Gallery, the arts community in Los Angeles in the early 1950s, and his motives and methods of painting. He recalls Kenneth Price and Edward Ruscha.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Billy Al Bengston (1934- ) is a painter from Venice, 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: 35mm microfilm reel 3196 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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 others.
Digital Content

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Billy Al Bengston, 1980 September 9, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 20 min.
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Ceramicists -- California -- Los Angeles Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Price, Kenneth, 1935-2012 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ruscha, Edward Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Repository Contact
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