Oral history interview with Peter Busa
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded as 2 sound tapes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 37 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Busa, Peter, 1914-1985
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
label: Names
content: Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Abstract
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Minnesota -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown -- 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: Busa, Peter, 1914-1985
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Peter Busa (1914-1985) was a painter and sculptor from Minneapolis, Minnesota.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 45 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 September 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.busa65
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Peter Busa conducted 1965 September 5, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art. Busa speaks of family background; influences on his work; and his work on the WPA. He recalls Arshile Gorky, Stuart Davis, Jackson Pollock, William Baziotes, Kamrowski, and discusses his work being purchased by art patron Walter Chrysler in the late 1950's.