Oral history interview with Howard Finster
name: label: Interviewee
content: Finster, Howard, 1916-2001
label: Interviewer
content: Kirwin, Liza
topic: label: Occupation
content: Folk artists -- Georgia -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art and religion -- Georgia
label: Topic
content: Folk art
label: Topic
content: Self-taught artists -- Georgia -- Interviews
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: Finster, Howard, 1916-2001
label: Interviewer
content: Kirwin, Liza
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Howard Finster (1916-2001) was a self-taught visionary artist and minister from Georgia. Full name: William Howard Finster.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording, analog)
label: Extent
content: 60 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984 June 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.finste84
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 available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Howard Finster conducted 1984 June 11, by Liza Kirwin, for the Archives of American Art at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Finster speaks of his early childhood; his earliest vision; working as a preacher and a repairman; the construction of his GARDEN OF PARADISE; his mission in life; dealers and exhibitions; and his Chapel of the World's Folk Art Church, Inc.