Oral history interview with Paul Sample
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 59 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Sample, Paul, 1896-1974
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Treasury Relief Art Project
label: Names
content: Lie, Jonas, 1880-1940
label: Names
content: Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973
label: Names
content: Siqueiros, David Alfaro, 1896-1974
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Vermont -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
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: Sample, Paul, 1896-1974
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul Sample (1896-1974) was a painter from Norwich, Vt.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 October 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sample71
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
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 Paul Sample conducted 1971 October 10, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Sample speaks of his studies with Jonas Lie and Stanton Macdonald-Wright; teaching at the University of Southern California and at Dartmouth College; working on frescos with David Alfaro Siqueiros in California; working on murals for the Treasury Department's art project; exhibitions in New York galleries; his series of paintings for the American Tobacco Company. He discusses his subject matter.