Oral history interview with Frank Lobdell
name: label: Interviewee
content: Lobdell, Frank, 1921-
label: Interviewer
content: St. John, Terry
label: Names
content: Bischoff, Elmer, 1916-1991
label: Names
content: Booth, Cameron, 1892-1980
label: Names
content: Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993
label: Names
content: Falkenstein, Claire, 1908-1997
label: Names
content: Francis, Sam, 1923-1994
label: Names
content: Hatofsky, Jerry, 1922-
label: Names
content: Hultberg, John, 1922-2005
label: Names
content: MacAgy, Douglas, 1913-
label: Names
content: Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007
label: Names
content: Spohn, Clay Edgar, 1898-1977
label: Names
content: Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
label: Names
content: Valvo, Ninfa, 1900-1993
label: Names
content: Zogbaum, Wilfrid, 1915-1965
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Lobdell, Frank, 1921-
label: Interviewer
content: St. John, Terry
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Frank Lobdell (1921- ) is a painter, printmaker, and teacher of Stanford, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 77 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 Apr. 9-May 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lobdel80
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3198 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 Frank Lobdell conducted 1980 Apr. 9-1980 May 7, by Terry St. John, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Lobdell speaks of his youth and family background; his early interest in art; his education; studying with Cameron Booth; his service in the U.S. Army; artist friends and influences; political influences on his work; the community of artists in San Francisco in the 1950s, including Elmer Bischoff and Clyfford Still; his "dark years"; teaching at Stanford; reviews by critics; and the avant-garde art of the 1960s. He recalls Ninfa Valvo, Douglas MacAgy, Hassel Smith, Richard Diebenkorn, Wilfred Zogbaum, Sam Francis, Jerry (Julian) Hatofsky, Claire Falkenstein, Clay Spohn, and John Hultberg.