Oral history interview with Paul Cadmus
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 59 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999
label: Interviewer
content: Tully, Judd
label: Names
content: Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973
label: Names
content: Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970
label: Names
content: French, Jared, 1905-1988
label: Names
content: Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-
label: Names
content: Tooker, George, 1920-2011
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Technique
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: Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999
label: Interviewer
content: Tully, Judd
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul Cadmus (1904-1999) was a painter from Weston, Connecticut.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 183 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 March 22-May 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cadmus88
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 Paul Cadmus conducted 1988 March 22-May 5, by Judd Tully, for the Archives of American Art. Cadmus speaks of his childhood and family background; his early interest in art; studying at the National Academy of Design; his early career; traveling to Europe in the 1930s; getting on the WPA Federal Art Project; controversies involving some of his paintings; changes in technique; his inspirations; his affiliation with Midtown Galleries. He recalls Jared French, Lincoln Kirstein, George Tooker, E.M. Forster, and W.H. Auden.