Oral history interview with Robert Bechtle
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 8 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bechtle, Robert, 1932-2020
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993
topic: label: Topic
content: Photo-realism
label: Topic
content: Painting from photographs
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art -- Philosophy
label: Topic
content: Art criticism
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: Bechtle, Robert, 1932-2020
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Bechtle (1932-2020) was a printmaker, painter and teacher in San Francisco, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 69 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978 September 13-1980 February 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bechtl78
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 available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Robert Bechtle conducted 1978 September 13-1980 February 1, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.