Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with James Arthur Herbert

Summary

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with James Arthur Herbert, 1981 Oct. 1, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.herber81
Creators:
Herbert, James Arthur, 1938-
Pennington, Estill Curtis
Dates:
1981 Oct. 1
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Item
sound file Sound recording
digital, wav file
16 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview with James Arthur Herbert conducted 1981 Oct. 1, by Estill Curtis Pennington, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Herbert speaks of making art as a child; attending classes as an adolescent at Rhode Island School of Design; attending college at Dartmouth and working with Paul Sample while there; attending graduate school at the University of Colorado, Boulder and working with Clyfford Still; his thoughts on learning to paint and methods; his approach to figurative painting; preparing to enter the Peace Corps in Peru, but the assignment is cancelled due to uprising; accepting a position at the Unveristiy of Georgia; the balance of pedagogy and his own painting; creating films such as Night Horses; his thoughts and philosophies on being a painter.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
James A. Herbert (1938- ) is a painter and filmmaker from Athens, Ga.

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 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

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with James Arthur Herbert, 1981 Oct. 1, Transcript

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with James Arthur Herbert, 1981 Oct. 1, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)

Using the Collection

System Details
Originally recorded on 1 cassette.

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