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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Paul Burlin
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.burlin62
- Creators:
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Burlin, Paul, 1886-1969Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
- Dates:
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1962
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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5 ItemsSound recording: 5 sound files (2 hr., 39 min.)digital, wav65 PagesTranscript
- 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.
Digital Content
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 5 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 39 min.
Keywords
Archives of American Art
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Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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