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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Ray Strong
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.strong93
- Creators:
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Strong, Ray, 1905-2006Karlstrom, Paul J.
- Dates:
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1993 September 14
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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31 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Ray Strong conducted 1993 September 14, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's studio, in Santa Barbara, California. Strong discusses his family background and early art education; his move to San Francisco and contact with Jimmy Swinnerton, Maynard Dixon, and Frank Van Sloun; studying at California School of Fine Arts; his feeling of responsibility for art and nature; his murals at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco, 1934; and his involvement with socialist causes.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Ray Strong (1905-2006) was a painter and mural painter from San Francisco, California.
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 available on line
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
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 30 min.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Muralists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Sound recordings | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Interviews | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Swinnerton, Jimmy, 1875-1974 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Van Sloun, Frank J., 1879-1938 | Personal 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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