Oral history interview with Sidney E. King
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 52 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: King, Sidney E., 1906-2002
label: Interviewer
content: Pennington, Estill Curtis
label: Interviewer
content: Collins, Herbert
label: Names
content: United States. National Park Service
label: Names
content: Pitts, Elizabeth McCord, b. 1880
label: Names
content: Reagan, Ronald
label: Names
content: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Virginia -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: King, Sidney E., 1906-2002
label: Interviewer
content: Pennington, Estill Curtis
label: Interviewer
content: Collins, Herbert
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sidney E. King (1906-2002) was a painter and muralist from Caroline County, Va.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1980-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.king80
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 Sidney E. King conducted circa 1980-1983, by Buck Pennington and Herbert Collins, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: King speaks of growing up in Boston, Mass.; working under John Singer Sargent at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Mass.; searching for a job during the Great Depression; travelling the United States by car with a friend; prospecting for gold in Spotsylvania County, Va.; painting signs for the National Park Service; developing a technique to make painted signs weather the elements well; painting the murals, "The Life of Christ" and "Creation," for the Mormon Church; meeting his wife, Peggy, and her cousin, Mary; researching historical scenes for murals; teaching at Rappahannock Community College; speculating on the future of the arts in America. King also recalls John Singer Sargent, Lawrence Kocher, Ronald Reagan, Elizabeth Pitts, Peggy King, and others.