Oral history interview with Robert Arneson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 10 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 11 min.
label: General
content: Sound quality is poor.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Arneson, Robert, 1930-1992
label: Interviewer
content: Jones, Mady
label: Names
content: Thiebaud, Wayne
label: Names
content: Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002
label: Names
content: Wildenhain, Marguerite
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Ceramicists -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- California -- Interviews
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: Arneson, Robert, 1930-1992
label: Interviewer
content: Jones, Mady
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Arneson (1930-1992) is a ceramic sculptor from Benicia, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 96 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 August 14-15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.arneso81
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 available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Robert Arneson conducted 1981 August 14-15, by Mady Jones, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Arneson speaks of his family background, teaching himself to draw by copying comic strips, his early interest in commercial art and discovering ceramics. He discusses, teaching ceramics to high school students, his philosophy of teaching; and the influence of Peter Voulkos and the shift toward abstract expressionism and Pop art. He reminisces about the first exhibit of his work; getting established in galleries; teaching ceramics at the University of California, Davis; his major exhibitions; and museum purchases of his work.