Oral history interview with Otto Natzler
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 12 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 23 digital wav files. Duration is 10 hrs., 59 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Natzler, Otto
label: Interviewer
content: Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
topic: label: Topic
content: Ceramics
label: Topic
content: Ceramicists -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
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: Natzler, Otto
label: Interviewer
content: Bowman, Ruth, 1923-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Otto Natzler (1908-2007) was a ceramicist in Los Angeles, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 110 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 July 7-14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.natzle80
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3198 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Otto Natzler conducted 1980 July 7-14, by Ruth Bowman, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Natzler speaks of his childhood; his early interest in art, especially sculpture; his beginnings in the field of ceramics; his and his wife's immigration to the United States following the Nazi takeover in Austria; exhibitions of his work; the development of his career; his feelings about critics; and the treatment of ceramics as art by museums.