Oral history interview with Nicholas Wilder
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 36 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Wilder, Nicholas
label: Interviewer
content: Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
label: Names
content: Artforum
label: Names
content: Lanyon Art Gallery
label: Names
content: Nicholas Wilder Gallery
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Los Angeles
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Wilder, Nicholas
label: Interviewer
content: Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nicholas Wilder (1937 or 1938-1989) was an art dealer and painter in Los Angeles, California and New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 104 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 July 18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wilder88
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 Nicholas Wilder conducted 1988 July 18, by Ruth Bowman, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Wilder discusses his education; working for the Lanyon Art Gallery near San Francisco; opening the Nicholas Wilder Gallery in Los Angeles in 1965 and operating it until it closed in 1979; the Los Angeles art scene in the 60s and how it has changed; Charlie Cowles and the founding of ARTFORUM magazine; and artists his gallery handled including Bruce Nauman, Joe Goode and Tom Holland.