Oral history interview with Kenneth L. Showell
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Showell, Kenneth L., 1939-1997
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
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: Interviewee
content: Showell, Kenneth L., 1939-1997
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Kenneth L. Showell (1939-1997) was a painter from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 96 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 August 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.showel72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Kenneth L. Showell conducted 1972 August 17, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Showell speaks of his family background and education in the Midwest; attending Kansas City Art Institute, and his education there; graduate studies at Indiana University; changes in techniques; the influence of abstract expressionism; teaching at Indiana University; moving to New York; the development of his grid and folded canvas paintings; his drawings and prints; color; illusion in painting.