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Oral history interview with Leon Golub

Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Leon Golub, 1965, Transcript
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Object Details

sova.aaa.golub65
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw900e1dabb-7814-4d7c-bbf6-7620bc4d3a0c
General
An unrelated interview of Stuart Klonis conducted by B. Hooton is also on this tape.
Creator
Golub, Leon, 1922-2004
Interviewer
Hooton, Bruce Duff, 1928-
Topic
Art, American -- 20th century
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
Provenance
These interviews are 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.
Creator
Golub, Leon, 1922-2004
Interviewer
Hooton, Bruce Duff, 1928-
Biographical / Historical
Painter; New York, N.Y.; b. 1922, in Chicago, Ill.; d. Aug. 8, 2004, in Manhattan, N.Y.
Extent
1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 7 in.)
9 Pages (Transcript)
Date
1965
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.golub65
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound tape reels
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Scope and Contents
An interview of Leon Golub conducted by Bruce Hooton in 1965 for the Archives of American Art.
Golub speaks of his education at the University of Chicago and the Art Institute of Chicago Art ; the unusual nature of the Expressionists; the influence of Classical art on his work; living in France; an interest in describing notions of humanity in his work; influences of primitive ideology on his work; the difference between public and private art; the idea of metaphysical and physical combat in his work, especially in relation to his service in the army; implications of certain paintings he had in his studio at the time of the interview. Golub also recalls Robert Indiana; Kathleen Blackshear, Robert Leventhal, Paul Wieghardt, Max Beckmann, Hugo Weber, Bill Payton, Alton Pickens, Oskar Kokoschka, Jean Dubuffet, Pablo Picasso, José Clemente Orozco, Jackson Pollock, and others.
AAA.golub65
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw900e1dabb-7814-4d7c-bbf6-7620bc4d3a0c
AAA.golub65
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1596360679815-1596360679817-0
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