Oral history interview with Boris Gorelick
odd: label: General
content: Sound quality is poor.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Gorelick, Boris, 1912-
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: American Artists' Congress
label: Names
content: Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
label: Names
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
title: label: Topic
content: Art front
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Designers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Gorelick, Boris, 1912-
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Designer, mural painter; Los Angeles, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording: (45 min.), 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 18 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 May 20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.goreli64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/goreli64.htm
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Boris Gorelick conducted 1964 May 20, by Betty Hoag for the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Gorelick speaks of his background in Russia and New York; attending the Art Students League; the formation of the Artists' Union; working on murals and stained glass for the WPA Federal Art Project; the influence of the Mexican muralists on FAP murals; Art Front magazine, and the American Artists' Congress. He recalls Ben Shahn and Arshile Gorky.