Oral history interview with Frank Dolejska
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 25 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Dolejska, Frank, 1921-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Levy, Sandra Curtis
label: Names
content: Contemporary Arts Association (Houston, Tex.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Artisans -- Texas -- Houston -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: Dolejska, Frank, 1921-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Levy, Sandra Curtis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Frank Dolejska (1921-1989) was a painter and sculptor from Houston, Texas.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 31 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1979 August 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dolejs79
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 3752 available for use through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Frank Dolejska conducted 1979 August 14, by Sandra Curtis Levy, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Dolejska speaks of the formation and early history of the Contemporary Arts Association in Houston and his involvement with it; early exhibits they had; collectors and patrons who were involved; reasons for his leaving CAA; his own art and the decision to take up metalwork; starting a crafts gallery; his personal history, including his family background and the development of his style.