Oral history interview with Arthur Osver
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 36 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Osver, Arthur, 1912-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Gaugert, Richard
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Missouri -- St. Louis -- 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: Osver, Arthur, 1912-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Gaugert, Richard
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arthur Osver (1912-2006) was a painter from St. Louis, Mo.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 65 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976 Jan. 13-14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.osver76
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 Arthur Osver conducted 1976 Jan. 13-14, by Richard (Rick) Gaugert, for the Archives of American Art. Osver discusses his Russian immigrant background; growing up in Chicago; the Art Institute of Chicago; his career; teaching methods and influences; his fellowship in France; the influence of Van Gogh; the Federal Art Project; stylistic changes; and his move to St. Louis.