Oral history interview with Edward Biberman
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 53 min.
label: General
content: Interviews of Stanton Macdonald-Wright, and Charles Rogers are also on this tape.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Biberman, Edward
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949
label: Names
content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
topic: label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- California -- Los Angeles -- 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: Biberman, Edward
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edward Biberman (1904-1986) was a painter, printmaker, and mural painter from Los Angeles, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 48 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 April 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.biberm64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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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 Edward Biberman conducted 1964 April 15, by Betty Hoag, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biberman speaks of his background and education; his early painting career; the influence of the Mexican muralists, especially Jose Clemente Orozco, upon him; coming to California; teaching at the Art Center School; murals he painted for the Los Angeles Post Office; serving on the jury to select a mural design for the Social Security Administration Building in Washington; his work methods, and how he researched the subject matter for his murals; the Federal Art Project's contribution to art in California and art in general; his opinions about government support for the arts. He recalls Diego Rivera.