Oral history interview with Nicholas P. Brigante
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 41 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Brigante, Nicholas P., 1895-1989
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Berlin, Ben
label: Names
content: Costello, Val, 1875-1937
label: Names
content: Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- 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: Interviewee
content: Brigante, Nicholas P., 1895-1989
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nicholas P. Brigante (1895-1989) was a painter in Los Angeles, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 May 25
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.brigan64
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3418 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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 Nicholas Brigante conducted 1964 May 25, by Betty Hoag for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Brigante speaks of his work on the watercolor easel project for the Federal Art Project; his background and the influence of Chinese painting; his association with the Los Angeles Art Students League; other artists involved in the project; the project's effect on the community, and on the careers of artists. He recalls Ben Berlin, Val Costello and Stanton Macdonald-Wright.