Oral History interview with James Chan Leong
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 46 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Leong, James Chan, 1929-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
topic: label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Art students -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Asian American art
label: Topic
content: Asian American artists
label: Topic
content: Chinese American art
label: Topic
content: Chinese American artists
label: Topic
content: Asian American painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Leong, James Chan, 1929-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: James Chan Leong (1929-2011) was a Chinese American painter based in Rome, Italy.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 85 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 Oct. 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.leong72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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 James Chan Leong conducted 1972 Oct. 17, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Leong discusses difficulties being a Chinese-American during school years in San Francisco; his army service and subsequent enrollment in the California College of Arts and Crafts on the G.I. Bill; further study in California and abroad; his art work and teaching; living and working in Rome, Italy; and other topics.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Leong would like it known that he has not heard the interview or read the transcript, and that he has requested additional interview time to make additions and ammendments.