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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Victor Mantilla Chalela
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.chalel64
- Creators:
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Mantilla Chalela, VictorMcChesney, Mary FullerNew Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
- Dates:
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1964 July 28
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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30 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Victor Mantilla Chalela conducted 1964 July 28, by Mary McChesney for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Scope and Contents
Mantilla Chalela speaks of his art training at Ohio State University beginning in 1926 and in 1930 at the University of San Marcus in Lima, Peru; studying mosaic techniques and materials in Peru; and his work for the Federal Art Project in California.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Victor Mantilla Chalela is a designer and mosaicist from California.
Administration
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 tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 4 min.
Keywords
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| Mosaics -- Technique. | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Federal aid to the arts | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Designers -- California -- Interviews | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Latino and Latin American artists | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sound recordings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Interviews | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Mosaicists | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| The Ohio State University -- Students | Corporate Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| University of San Marcus (Lima, Peru) -- Students | 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
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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