Oral history interview with Kenneth Noland
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 27 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Noland, Kenneth, 1924-2010
label: Interviewer
content: Berman, Avis
label: Names
content: Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994
label: Names
content: Kainen, Jacob
label: Names
content: Smith, David, 1906-1965
topic: label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Noland, Kenneth, 1924-2010
label: Interviewer
content: Berman, Avis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Kenneth Noland (1924-2010) was a painter and educator in South Salem, N.Y., and friend of David Smith.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 39 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987 July 1-16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.noland87
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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 Kenneth Noland conducted 1987 July 1-16, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Noland speaks of his interest in working in series, as influenced by David Smith; the influence of other artists and art movements, and the problems caused by this influence; the Washington art scene in the 1950s; self criticism; his philosophy of drawing; subject matter and content; abstract expressionism and its development; painting and its relationship to architecture; collectors; his work in sculpture; the relationship of sculpture to his painting. He recalls David Smith, Jacob Kainen, and Clement Greenberg.