Oral history interview with Samuel Clayberger
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 33 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Clayberger, Samuel R. (Samuel Robert), 1926-2018
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists' models
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Clayberger, Samuel R. (Samuel Robert), 1926-2018
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Samuel R. Clayberger (1926- ) was a painter of Los Angeles, California. A graduate of Chouinard Art Institute, Clayberger taught life drawing for many years at Otis Art Institute.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (sound cassettes (93 min.), analog.)
label: Extent
content: 33 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1999 September 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.claybe99
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Samuel Clayberger conducted 1999 September 1, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in Clayberger's studio, Los Angeles, California. This interview was conducted as part of a series devoted to artists and models.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Clayberger discusses his preference for working with non-professionals because they are involved in a process of self-discovery that, in his experience, brings a special energy and vitality to the sessions. The artist discussed this phenomenon as he has observed it in several of his favorite models spanning the years 1965 to the present. Also described were differences between their attitudes and degree of comfort in the studio situation. He spoke candidly about the models, how their individual personalities were reflected in their poses and studio behavior, and his different relationships to them.