Oral history interview with Walter Murch
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 19 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Murch, Walter
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
label: Names
content: Betty Parsons Gallery
label: Names
content: Cornell, Joseph
label: Names
content: Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
label: Names
content: Parsons, Betty, 1900-1982
topic: label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
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: Murch, Walter
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Walter Murch (1907-1967) was a mural painter in New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967 June 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.murch67
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 4211 available at Archives of American Art offices and 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 Walter Murch conducted 1967 June 6, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art. Murch speaks of his family background and youth in Canada; studying at the Art Students League; studying with Arshile Gorky; the philosophy behind his work; techniques; influences on his work; subject matter of his work; commissions; murals for Raymond Lowey; teachings; exhibitions of his work; and his involvement with the Betty Parsons Gallery. He recalls Betty Parsons and Joseph Cornell.