Oral history interview with Mervin Jules
odd: label: General
content: An interview of Edwin Dickinson conducted by D. Seckler is also on this tape.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Jules, Mervin, 1912-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown -- 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: Jules, Mervin, 1912-1994
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mervin Jules (1912-1994 ) was a painter from New York, N.Y. and Provincetown, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape (Sound recording: 1 sound tape, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 15 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968 Aug. 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jules68
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tapes
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 Mervin Jules conducted 1968 Aug. 27, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art. Mervin Jules and Dorothy Seckler discuss the artist's recent trip to Japan and other Asian countries, his interest in woodblock prints, early childhood influences, the Art Students League and tutelage under Thomas Benton, teaching art at Smith College, and involvement in artist activist groups such as the American Artists Congress.