Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with John Hultberg

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.hultbe68
Creators:
Hultberg, John, 1922-2005
Cummings, Paul
Dates:
1968 Nov. 11
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Sound tape reel
Sound recording: (2 hours)
7 in.
39 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of John Hultberg conducted 1968 Nov. 11, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Hultberg speaks of his family background; his education at the California School of Fine Arts, and some of his teachers; the California art scene in the 1940s; his early paintings; abstract expressionism; landscape painting and other subject matter which interests him; filmmaking; the Club; minimal and pop art.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
John Hultberg (1922-2005) was a painter from New York, N.Y.

Administration

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.

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