Oral history interview with Hans Burkhardt
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 58 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Burkhardt, Hans Gustav, 1904-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: Burkhardt, Thordis W., 1908-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Bordeaux, Jean-Luc
label: Names
content: Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
label: Names
content: Tobey, Mark
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Educators -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- California -- Los Angeles -- 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: Burkhardt, Hans Gustav, 1904-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: Burkhardt, Thordis W., 1908-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Bordeaux, Jean-Luc
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hans Burkhardt (1904-1994) was a painter, printmaker, educator, and collector from Los Angeles, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 44 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974 November 25
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.burkha74
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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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 Hans Burkhardt conducted 1974 November 25, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art. Burkhardt speaks of his experiences in New York in the 1930s; studying with Arshile Gorky; his career in Los Angeles; his friendships with artists including Mark Tobey; Los Angeles in the 1930s; his work; and teaching. Also present were Jean-Luc Bordeaux and Thordis Burkhardt.