Oral history interview with Paul Keene
name: label: Interviewee
content: Keene, Paul F., Jr., 1920-2009
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
label: Names
content: Galerie Huit
label: Names
content: Philadelphia College of Art
label: Names
content: Tyler School of Art
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American painters
label: Topic
content: African American educators
label: Topic
content: African American military personnel
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Keene, Paul F., Jr., 1920-2009
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul F. Keene (1920-2009) was an Afro-American painter and educator from Philadelphia, Pa.
function: label: Function
content: Art Schools -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 152 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990 Apr. 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.keene90
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 4778 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Paul Keene conducted 1990 Apr. 23, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Keene discusses his early life, family and education including his studies at the Philadelphia College of Art and Temple University's Tyler Art School; his service during World War II; traveling to Paris on the GI Bill, his studies at the Academie Julian and the founding and operation of Galerie Huit; his travels to Haiti on a Whitney fellowship including a discussion of his time at the Centre d'Art with DeWitt Peters and the Hatian Renaissance; his teaching at the Philadelphia College of Art and Bucks County Community College; and his work.