Oral history interview with Fitzhugh Dinkins
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav file. Duration is 5 hr., 34 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Dinkins, Fitzhugh D., 1919-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Boykin, Randson
label: Interviewer
content: Tyler, Anna, 1933-
label: Names
content: African American Artists in Chicago Oral History Project
label: Names
content: South Side Community Art Center
label: Names
content: McVey, William Mozart, 1905-1995
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American painters
label: Topic
content: African American military personnel
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: Dinkins, Fitzhugh D., 1919-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Boykin, Randson
label: Interviewer
content: Tyler, Anna, 1933-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Fitzhugh D. Dinkins (1919-1993) was a painter from Chicago, Illinois.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 192 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989 February 10-July 12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dinkin89
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 Fitzhugh Dinkins conducted 1989 February 20-July 12, by Randson Boykin and Anna Tyler, for the Archives of American Art African-American artists in Chicago oral history project (1988-1989).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Dinkins speaks of his family background and early education; his apprenticeship with William McVey; his studies at Howard University, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Chicago Institute of Design; his military service; his work as art director of the Johnson Publishing Company; his affiliation with the design firm of Winbush and Associates; being an independent artist and entrepreneur; and teaching at Southside Community Art Center.