Oral history interview with Frederick D. Jones
name: label: Interviewee
content: Jones, Frederick D., 1913-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Williams, Arlene E.
label: Names
content: African American Artists in Chicago Oral History Project
label: Names
content: South Side Community Art Center
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American painters
label: Topic
content: African American art -- African influences
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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Jones, Frederick D., 1913-1996
label: Interviewer
content: Williams, Arlene E.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Frederick D. Jones (1913-1996) was a painter in Chicago, Ill.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 80 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 Nov. 8-10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jones88
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
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 Frederick D. Jones conducted 1988 Nov. 8-10, by Arlene E. Williams, for the Archives of American Art African-American Artists in Chicago oral history project (1988-1989).
label: Scope and Contents
content: Jones speaks of his early life and training, and of the influence of Hale Woodrufff, Louis Ritman, and Eldzier Cortor. He recalls his involvement with the South Side Community Art Center. He discusses some of his early exhibitions, the influences of African and European art, and changes in the art scene after World War II. He compares Chicago and New York art schools, and speaks about the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Finally, he discusses the civil rights movement and its relationship to the art of the times.