Oral history interview with William C. Palmer
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 2 tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 57 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Palmer, William, 1906-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute. Museum of Art
topic: label: Topic
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
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: Palmer, William, 1906-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William C. Palmer (1906-1987) was a painter, mural painter, and educator from Iowa and New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 95 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 Aug. 5-1981 Aug. 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.palmer80
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 William C. Palmer conducted 1980 Aug. 5-1981 Aug. 22, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Palmer speaks of his training at the Art Students League during the 1920s; his study of fresco painting in France; his exhibitions at Midtown Galleries since 1932; his WPA murals in New York City and Washington, D.C.; and his directorship of the School of Art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, N.Y. He also discusses his painting style.