Oral history interview with Billy Al Bengston
name: label: Creator
content: Bengston, Billy Al
label: Interviewer
content: Simms, Matthew Thomas
label: Names
content: Pandemic Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Venice
label: Topic
content: Pandemics
label: Topic
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
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: Creator
content: Bengston, Billy Al
label: Interviewer
content: Simms, Matthew Thomas
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Billy Al Bengston (1934-2022) was a painter in Venice, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((27 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2020 July 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bengst20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Billy Al Bengston conducted 2020 July 29, by Matthew Simms, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project at Bengston's home in Venice, California.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds an interview with Billy Al Bengston conducted 1980 September 9, by Susan Larsen, an interview with Bengston conducted 2002 August 7 and 2002 October 2, by Susan Ford Morgan, and the Billy Al Bengston papers.