Oral history interview with Frank Stella
name: label: Creator
content: Stella, Frank
label: Interviewer
content: Tillim, Sidney, 1925-
label: Names
content: Bannard, Walter Darby, 1934-
label: Names
content: Fried, Michael
label: Names
content: Noland, Kenneth, 1924-2010
label: Names
content: Seitz, William C. (William Chapin)
topic: label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: label: Creator
content: Stella, Frank
label: Interviewer
content: Tillim, Sidney, 1925-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Frank Stella (1936- ) is a painter from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 32 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.stella69
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel 3418 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Reproduction Note
content: Item is a transcript.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Location of original tape unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Frank Stella conducted in 1969, by Sidney Tillim, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Stella speaks of his expectations and ambitions regarding his painting career; the development of his artistic ability as a child; his early tendencies to rebel against convention in art; the influence of other abstract expressionists, particularly Kenneth Noland; his education at Princeton; studying under William Seitz; and the present status of figurative painting. He recalls Walter Darby Bannard and Michael Fried.