Oral history interview with Helen Lundeberg
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 50 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Lundeberg, Helen, 1908-1999
label: Interviewer
content: Butterfield, Jan
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978
label: Names
content: Langsner, Jules, 1911-1967
label: Names
content: Murphy, Lawrence M., 1872-1948
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art -- Philosophy
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
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: Lundeberg, Helen, 1908-1999
label: Interviewer
content: Butterfield, Jan
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Helen Lundeberg (1908-1999) was a painter from Los Angeles, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 82 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 July 19-Aug. 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lundeb80
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 on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Helen Lundeberg conducted 1980 July 19-Aug. 29, by Jan Butterfield, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Lundeberg speaks of problems encountered by women artists; her youth and early interest in painting; her education; studying with Lawrence Murphy and Lorser Feitelson; painting murals for the WPA Federal Art Project; her series of small paintings; the California arts environment; her relationship with Feitelson and their influences on each other; and her working habits. She recalls the critic Jules Langsner.