Robert Arneson papers
name: label: Creator
content: Arneson, Robert, 1930-1992
label: Names
content: San Francisco Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Di Rosa, Rene
topic: label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists -- California
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California
label: Topic
content: Funk
label: Topic
content: Ceramics
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Robert Arneson papers were donated in 1977 by Robert Arneson.
creator: label: Creator
content: Arneson, Robert, 1930-1992
setName: label: See more items in
content: Robert Arneson papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of California ceramicist, sculptor, and educator Robert Arneson measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1963 to 1977. The collection provides scattered documentation of Arneson's career through through records including an artist statement, a bibliography of published material about Arneson, printed material, and correspondence with art collector Rene di Rosa and various galleries, museums, and art publications.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: California ceramicist, sculptor, and educator Robert Arneson (1930-1992) was known for introducing ceramics into the Funk art movement that began in California in the 1960s. 

Arneson was born in Benicia, California where he worked as a cartoonist for the Benicia Herald. He received a B.A. from the California College of the Arts in 1954 and a M.F.A. from Mills College in 1958. In the 1980s he earned honorary doctorate degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and San Francisco Art Institute. 

Arneson was a faculty member at the University of California in Davis from 1962 to 1991, where he established the ceramic sculpture program and helping bring ceramics into the realm of fine art.

Arneson died in 1992 in Benicia.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1963-1977
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.arnerobe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Sarah Mundy in 2022.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection is available on 35mm microfilm reel 1711 at the Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan. Researchers should note that the arrangement of material described in the container inventory does not reflect the arrangement of the collection on microfilm.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of California ceramicist, sculptor, and educator Robert Arneson measure 0.2 linear feet and date from circa 1963 to 1977. The collection provides scattered documentation of Arneson's career through an artist statement, a bibliography of published material about Arneson, clippings, announcements and catalogs for Arneson's exhibitions, a press release regarding an Arneson exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Art, and other miscellaneous printed materials. Also found in the collection is correspondence with art collector Rene di Rosa, and various galleries, museums, and art publications, and letters regarding an NEA grant.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Also found in the Archives of American Art is an oral history interview with Robert Arneson conducted on August 14-15, 1981 by Mady Jones for the Archives of American Art.