Oral history interview with George Gaethke
name: label: Creator
content: Gaethke, George, 1898-1982
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Creator
content: McChesney, Robert, 1913-2008
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Albro, Maxine, 1903-1966
label: Names
content: Bertrand, Raymond, 1909-1986
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Coit Memorial Tower (San Francisco, Calif.)
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Mosaicists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- 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: Creator
content: Gaethke, George, 1898-1982
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Creator
content: McChesney, Robert, 1913-2008
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, printmaker, mosaicist, mural painter; San Francisco, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 20 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 Sept. 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gaethk64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of George Gaethke conducted 1964 Sept 26 by Mary McChesney for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Gaethke speaks of his background and art training in California and Chicago; his work on the Coit Tower murals; working on a mosaic under the Federal Art Project; printmaking under the FAP; his post-FAP career. He recalls Maxine Albro and Ray Bertrand.