Oral history interview with Edward L. Loper
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 33 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Loper, Edward L., 1916-2011
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
label: Names
content: Barnes Foundation
label: Names
content: Carlen Galleries
label: Names
content: Index of American Design
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration.Art Program
label: Names
content: Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951
label: Names
content: De Mazia, Violette, 1899-
label: Names
content: Pippin, Horace (1888-1946)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Delaware -- Wilmington
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Delaware -- Wilmington
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Loper, Edward L., 1916-2011
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edward L. Loper (1916-2011) was a painter and instructor of Wilmington, Del.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 132 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989 May 12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.loper89
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 4778 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Edward Loper conducted 1989 May 12, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art. Loper speaks of his early life and education; his work on the WPA's Federal Art Project in Delaware, on the Index of American Design and the easel project; his self-education and stylistic development; meeting Albert Barnes; studying with Violette De Mazia at the Barnes Foundation; meeting Horace Pippin; his exhibition history and his affiliation with various galleries, including the Carlen Galleries; his teaching career; his experiences as an African American artist; the art scene in Wilmington.