Oral history interview with Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Adams, Mark, 1925-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: Van Hoesen, Beth, 1926-2010
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Tapissiers -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Artists' models -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Figurative art
label: Topic
content: Nude in art
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- California -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Adams, Mark, 1925-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: Van Hoesen, Beth, 1926-2010
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mark Adams, painter and tapissier (San Francisco, California) Beth Van Hoesen, painter and printmaker (San Francisco, California)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 36 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983 August 31-1984 February 24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.adams83
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 Mark Adams and Beth Van Hoesen conducted 1983 August 31-1984 February 24, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art. Adams and Van Hoesen speak of their backgrounds and art training; the figurative tradition in the Bay area; the importance of the model and the difference in Adams' and Van Hoesen's approaches to their subjects and to the nude. Van Hoesen discusses her series and book, "The Nude Man." Adams recalls Hans Hofmann.