Oral history interview with Leonard Bocour
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 4 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bocour, Leonard, 1910-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Bocour Artist Colors (Firm)
label: Names
content: Avery, Milton, 1885-1965
label: Names
content: De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
label: Names
content: Ganso, Emil, 1895-1941
label: Names
content: Kroll, Leon, 1884-1974
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
label: Names
content: Speicher, Eugene Edward, 1883-1962
topic: label: Topic
content: Paint industry and trade -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Paint
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- 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: Bocour, Leonard, 1910-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Leonard Bocour (1910-1993) was an art collector and paint manufacturer of New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 60 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978 June 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bocour78
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 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 Leonard Bocour conducted 1978 June 8, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Bocour speaks of his early interest in art; early influences on him, especially Emil Ganso; studying at the Art Students League; his beginning in the paint business; artists he became acquainted with including Leon Kroll, Eugene Speicher, Milton Avery, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko; the growth of his business, Bocour Artist Colors; technical changes in his product; the early use of acrylic paint; and his philosophies of collecting art work.