Oral history interview with Arnold Blanch
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 37 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Blanch, Arnold, 1896-1968
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (N.Y.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- New York -- Woodstock -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Blanch, Arnold, 1896-1968
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Arnold Blanch (1896-1968) was a mural painter in Woodstock, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 11 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 November 4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blanch64
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3418 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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 of Arnold Blanch conducted by Joseph Trovato on 1964 November 4 for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Blanch speaks of his background and training at the Art Students League; his work on three post office murals for the Federal Art Project; the effect of the FAP on artists; the politics of the FAP; accusations of communism against Blanch and others; government support for the arts; and Blanch's personal art collection.