Oral history interview with Arthur Painter
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 8 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Painter, Arthur
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Robert, 1913-2008
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Painter, Arthur
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Mary Fuller
label: Interviewer
content: McChesney, Robert, 1913-2008
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arthur Painter (1911-1980) was an art administrator in San Francisco, Calif. Painter was Director of Information for the Federal Arts Project of San Francisco, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 42 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 December 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.painte64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The original transcript was edited. In 2021 the Archives retranscribed the original audio and attempted to create a verbatim transcript. This interview was audited and edited by Allison Tracy-Taylor in 2025.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Arthur Painter conducted by Mary Fuller McChesney and Robert McChesney on 1964 December 2 for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.