Oral history interview with Ted Gilien
odd: label: General
content: An unrelated interview of Charles White (3/9/65) conducted by B. Hoag is also on one tape.
label: General
content: An interview of F. J. Schwankovsky (3/1/65) conducted by B. Hoag is also on one tape.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Gilien, Ted, 1914-1967
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Bocour, Leonard, 1910-1993
label: Names
content: Levine, Jack, 1915-2010
topic: label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Art and war
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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: Gilien, Ted, 1914-1967
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ted Gilien (1914-1967) was a painter and muralist in New York, N.Y. and Los Angeles, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recording, 3 in.)
label: Extent
content: 67 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 Mar. 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gilien65
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: 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 Ted Gilien conducted 1965 Mar. 3, by Betty Hoag, for the Archives of American Art. Gilien speaks of his background and education; getting on the WPA Federal Art Project; starting out as an assistant mural painter on Ellis Island; his military service in World War II as a combat artist; working in New York City and then in California after World War II; experimenting in screenwriting and novel writing; recurring themes in his paintings; his feelings about the FAP; art criticism; the politics of government support for the arts; camaraderie among artists during the WPA years. He recalls Leonard Bocour, James Dean, and Jack Levine.