Oral history interview with Charles Searles
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 52 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Searles, Charles Robert, 1937-2004
label: Interviewer
content: Veloric, Cynthia
label: Names
content: Sande Webster Gallery
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: African American art -- African influences
label: Topic
content: Recherché (Group)
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American military personnel
label: Topic
content: African American sculptors
label: Topic
content: African American painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Searles, Charles Robert, 1937-2004
label: Interviewer
content: Veloric, Cynthia
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Charles Robert Searles (1937-2004) was a sculptor, painter and muralist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 149 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1991 June 13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.searle91
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 4779 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Charles Searles conducted 1991 June 13, by Cynthia Veloric, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Searles discusses his early life in Philadelphia; military service; discovering African sculpture; attending the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; being included in the 1969 exhibit "New Black Artists"; traveling to Europe and Africa on a Cresson Fellowship from the PAFA; his experiences in Nigeria; exhibiting and teaching in Philadelphia, moving to New York City; his work in various media; subject matter; interest in dance and music; participating in Recherché; and being represented by the Sande Webster Gallery in Philadelphia.