Robert Perine research material on the Chouinard Art Institute
name: label: Creator
content: Perine, Robert
label: Names
content: Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles, Calif.)
label: Names
content: Chouinard, Nelbert, 1879-1967
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Chouinard Art Institute (Los Angeles, Calif.)
label: Topic
content: California Institute of the Arts
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- California -- Los Angeles
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The research material was donated to the Archives of American Art by Robert Perine in 1987.
creator: label: Creator
content: Perine, Robert
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content: Robert Perine research material on the Chouinard Art Institute
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Robert Perine research material on the Chouinard Art Institute measures 1.8 linear feet and date from circa 1923 to circa 1985. Documents consist of research material used in Perine's book Chouinard: An Art Vision Betrayed (1985) including catalogs for the Chouinard Institute and California Institute of the Arts; notes and preliminary writings for the book, including an annotated table of contents and a bibliography; floor plans of the Institute; material concerning the lawsuit brought against the board of trustees in an attempt to prevent the closing of the school; 158 photographs of Nelbert Chouinard, classes, students and buildings; and 27 sound cassettes of interviews of 52 artists and staff, some with partial transcripts.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter, educator, and author Robert Perine (1922-2004), was a student and later a professor at the Chouinard Art Institute. The Chouinard Art Institute was founded in Los Angeles, California, by  Ms. Nelbert M. Chouinard in 1921. The Institute received financial support from Walt Disney who also oversaw its merger with the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music to form the Californian Institute of the Arts in 1961. The Chouinard Art Institute continued to operate as its own entity within the California Institute of the Arts until it was completely absorbed by the California Institute of the Arts in 1972.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.8 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1923-circa 1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.perirobe
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as four series.

Series 1: Writings, 1930, 1962, circa 1980-circa 1985 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Printed Material, 1931-1984 (0.5 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Photographs, circa 1923-1977 (0.2 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 4: Interviews, circa 1979 (0.9 linear feet; Box 1-3)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2019.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Some of the sound recordings in this collection have been copied for research access and are available in the Archives of American Art offices.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Robert Perine research material on the Chouinard Art Institute measures 1.8 linear feet and date from circa 1923 to circa 1985. Documents consist of research material used in Perine's book Chouinard: An Art Vision Betrayed (1985) including catalogs for the Chouinard Institute and California Institute of the Arts; notes and preliminary writings for the book, including an annotated table of contents and a bibliography; floor plans of the Institute; material concerning the lawsuit brought against the board of trustees in an attempt to prevent the closing of the school; 158 photographs of Nelbert Chouinard, classes, students and buildings; and 27 sound cassettes of interviews of 52 artists and staff, some with partial transcripts.