Sam Brown [videorecording] / [produced by] the National Archives ; interviewer, Shawn Aubitz
odd: label: Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint)
content: Philadelphia, Pa. : National Archives - Philadelphia Branch, 1985.
name: label: Creator
content: Brown, Samuel Joseph, 1907-1994
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Pa.)
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
label: Interviewer
content: Aubitz, Shawn
label: Names
content: Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
label: Names
content: Thrash, Dox, 1892-1965
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: African American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1990 by Samuel J. Brown, through the National Archives, as part of AAA's Philadelphia Art Documentation Project.
creator: label: Creator
content: Brown, Samuel Joseph, 1907-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Samuel Joseph Brown (1907-1994) was an African American painter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is thought to be the first African American artist hired by the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) and later worked for the Works Projects Administration (WPA) in Philadelphia as both a painter and a printmaker.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Videocassette (videocassette (120 min), sd., col., 1/2 in.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.browsamu
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videocassettes
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with painter Samuel Brown conducted by Shawn Aubitz of the National Archives, for an exhibition on the Work Projects Administration in Philadelphia. Brown discusses his work on the WPA; materials and techniques; some of his paintings, including "The Scrubwoman," and "The Lynching"; sharing a studio with Dox Thrash; and a visit from Eleanor Roosevelt.