Oral history interview with John Saccaro and Terry St. John
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 19 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Saccaro, John M., 1913-1981
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: St. John, Terry
topic: label: Occupation
content: Museum directors -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Art -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
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: Saccaro, John M., 1913-1981
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: St. John, Terry
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Saccaro (1913-1981) and Terry St. John (1934- ) are painters from San Francisco, Calif. St. John is also assistant curator of art at the Oakland Museum.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 113 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974 April 30-November 18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.saccar74
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 for the 1974 November 18 session is available on the Archives of American Art website.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 1974 April 30 transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3199 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 John Saccaro and Terry St. John conducted 1974 April 30-1974 November 18, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in San Francisco, Calif. The April interview is with Saccaro and the November interview is with both Saccaro and St. John.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Saccaro speaks of his background as an abstract expressionist; the California School of Fine Arts, 1951-1953; his experience as a student; abstract expressionism; and his work. Saccaro and St. John speak of the San Francisco art scene from the 1940s to the 1970s.