Archives of American Art

Merle Schipper interviews

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.schimerl2
Creators:
Schipper, Merle
Dates:
1978-1987
Languages:
English
.
Physical Description:
21 Sound cassettes
Sound recording
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
A lecture and interviews of twenty-two Southern California painters and sculptors, conducted and recorded by Los Angeles art critic Merle Schipper.
Scope and Contents
Interview tapes and Schipper's fragmentary notes are available for Greg S. Card, Tony Delap, Robert Graham, Frederick Hammersley, Marvin Harden, Craig Kauffman, Claude Kent, Charles Kessler, Harry Kipper, Jay Phillips, Charles Seliger, Peter T. Shelton, Judith Simonian, David Trowbridge, and John Van Hamersveld.
Scope and Contents
Only tapes are available for John Anderson, Joyce Cutler-Shaw, Gordon Onslow-Ford, Helen Pashgian, Frederick Stallknecht Wight and Rita Yokoi. Only Schipper's fragmentary notes are available for the DeWain Valentine interview. A tape of Craig Kauffman's May 9, 1979 lecture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is also included.

Arrangement

Arrangement
John Anderson interview is on the Gordon Onslow-Ford tape.
Arrangement
John Van Hamersveld interview is on the Harry Kipper tape.
Arrangement
Frederick Stallknecht Wight interview is on the Joyce Cutler-Shaw tape.
Arrangement
Rita Yokoi interview is on the Helen Pashgian tape.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
California art critic and curator of the Fine Arts Gallery, California State University; b. in 1922.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1988 by Merle Schipper.

Using the Collection

Medium
Magnetic tape.
Conditions Governing Access
Untranscribed interviews; use requires an appointment and is limited to AAA's Washington, D.C. office.

More Information

Other Finding Aids

Other Finding Aids
A list of dates of interviews is available from the Oral History technician.


Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Art, Modern -- California Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Conceptual artists -- California -- Interviews Occupation Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Painters -- California -- Interviews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Sculptors -- California -- Interviews Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Graham, Robert, 1938- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Harden, Marvin, 1935- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kauffman, Craig, 1932-2010 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kent, Claude, 1945- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kessler, Charles, 1943- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kipper, Harry Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Onslow-Ford, Gordon Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pashgian, Helen, 1934- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Phillips, Jay, 1954-1987 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Seliger, Charles, 1926-2009 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shelton, Peter, 1951- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Simonian, Judith, 1945- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Trowbridge, David, 1945- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Valentine, DeWain, 1936- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Van Hamersveld, John Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wight, Frederick Stallknecht, 1902- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Yokoi, Rita, 1938- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anderson, John S., 1928- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Card, Greg S., 1945- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Cutler-Shaw, Joyce, 1932- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
DeLap, Tony, 1927-2019 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hammersley, Frederick, 1919-2009 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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