Oral history interview with Raymond Jonson
name: label: Interviewee
content: Jonson, Raymond, 1891-1982
label: Interviewer
content: Platt, Susan Noyes, 1945-
topic: label: Topic
content: Painting, Abstract -- New Mexico
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Gallery directors -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New Mexico -- Albuquerque -- 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: Jonson, Raymond, 1891-1982
label: Interviewer
content: Platt, Susan Noyes, 1945-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Raymond Jonson (1891-1982) was a painter from Albuquerque, N.M. During the Depression he painted murals for several New Deal art programs. He taught at the University of New Mexico where the Jonson Gallery was erected in his honor. It houses the most complete permanent collection of Jonson's work.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 50 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 Aug. 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jonson80
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 3752 available 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 Raymond Jonson conducted 1980 Aug. 9, by Susan Platt, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Jonson speaks of his early work in theater design; the art scene in the 1920s; the inspiration of the Southwestern landscape; the importance of lighting in his work; the transition in his work from figurative to abstract; spirituality in his work; Santa Fe as an artistic community; arts critics; arts publications; and the social realist painters.