Oral history interview with Paul Burlin
Portions of this collection are digitized

Summary

Oral history interview with Paul Burlin, 1962, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.burlin62
Creators:
Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969
Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
Dates:
1962
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
5 Items
Sound recording: 5 sound files (2 hr., 39 min.)
digital, wav
65 Pages
Transcript
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Interview of Paul Burlin, conducted on December 5-6, 1962, by Dorothy Gees Seckler, for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Burlin speaks of his childhood education in England; working for the magazine Delineator; his education at the National Academy of Design; his travels in the American Southwest; his early exhibitions in New York; his first wife's writings on folk music; visiting Europe before the first World War; discovering Cubism and Fauvism; working on the WPA under the Whitney Museum; joining and then leaving the American Artists' Congress in protest; his thoughts on overtly political art; exhibiting at the Downtown Gallery; his image-making process; and his critique of Pop art. Burlin also recalls James Huneker, Franz Boas, Albert Gleizes, Henri Matisse, Edith Halpert, Georgia O'Keeffe, and others.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Paul Burlin (1886-1969) was a painter in New York, New York.
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 is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This interview is part of the Archives' 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.
General
General
Originally recorded on 5 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 39 min.
Digital Content

Oral history interview with Paul Burlin, 1962, Transcript

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Paul Burlin, 1962, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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Art, American Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art -- Political aspects Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cubism Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Fauvism Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pop art Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Europe -- description and travel Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Southwestern States -- Description and Travel Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Boas, Franz, 1858-1942 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Gleizes, Albert, 1881-1953 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Halpert, Edith Gregor, 1900-1970 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Huneker, James, 1857-1921 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Matisse, Henri, 1869-1954 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
O'Keeffe, Georgia , 1887-1986 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Downtown Gallery (New York, N.Y.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
National Academy of Design (U.S.) -- Students Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Whitney Museum of American Art Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
American Artists' Congress Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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