Oral history interview with Fletcher Martin
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 41 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Martin, Fletcher, 1904-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Siqueiros, David Alfaro, 1896-1974
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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: Martin, Fletcher, 1904-1979
label: Interviewer
content: Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Fletcher Martin (1904-1979) was a printmaker, painter, and mural painter from Sarasota, Fla. and Guanajuato, Mexico.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 Nov. 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.martin64
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 3949 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Fletcher Martin conducted 1964 Nov. 19, by Joseph S. Trovato, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Martin speaks of his family background and self-taught art education; meeting David A. Siqueiros and painting a mural with him; becoming established as an artist and having his first exhibits; working on the Federal Art Project (FAP) as a fresco painter; working on post office murals and relief sculptures; and his overall view of the Federal Art Project.