Oral history interview with Louis Bouché
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav file. Duration is 53 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bouché, Louis, 1896-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Morse, John D., 1906-
label: Names
content: Armory Show (1913: New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Penguin Club (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Wanamaker Gallery of Modern Decorative Art
label: Names
content: DuMond, Frank Vincent, 1865-1951
label: Names
content: Romanowsky, Dimitri
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art students -- France
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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: Bouché, Louis, 1896-1969
label: Interviewer
content: Morse, John D., 1906-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Louis Bouché (1896-1969) was a painter and teacher in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 23 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959 August 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bouche59
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 available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/bouche59.htm
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Louis Bouché conducted on 1959 August 7, by John D. Morse, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Bouché speaks of his art education in France; painting trips to Brittany; studying at the Art Students League with Dimitri Romanovsky and Frank Vincent DuMond; the Armory Show, 1913; managing a gallery at Wanamaker's (the Wanamaker Gallery of Modern Decorative Art) in the 1920s; his technique and materials; teaching; the Penguin Club; his taste in books and music; and abstract expressionism.