Oral history interview with Jean Charlot
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 54 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Charlot, Jean, 1898-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Lesley, Miriam L.
label: Interviewer
content: Hollis, Alice
label: Names
content: Hendrickson, Paul
label: Names
content: Roberts, James, Brother
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Hawaii -- Interviews
label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Hawaii -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- Hawaii -- 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: Charlot, Jean, 1898-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Lesley, Miriam L.
label: Interviewer
content: Hollis, Alice
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jean Charlot (1898-1979) was a painter, illustrator, lithographer, and teacher in Honolulu, Hawaii. Full name Louis Henri Jean Charlot.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 21 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1961 August 18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.charlo61
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 Jean Charlot conducted by Miriam L. Lesley and Alice Hollis on 1961 August 18 for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Charlot speaks of a fresco painting for Our Lady of Sorrows church in Farmington, Michigan; how he decides upon a fresco design and subject; the technical aspects of the work; his feelings about Asian art; church architecture and its relation to art; teaching art history; the influences in his past which directed him into painting. Also present during the interview are Paul Hendrickson and Brother James Roberts.