Oral history interview with Lorser Feitelson
odd: label: General
content: An interview of Boris Deutsch (6/64) conducted by B. Hoag is also on tape 2.
label: General
content: Interviews of Charles Rogers, Stanton Macdonald-Wright, and Elizabeth Lochrie conducted by B. Hoag are also on one tape.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Buff, Conrad, 1886-1975
label: Names
content: Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960
label: Names
content: Durston, Arthur
topic: label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978
label: Interviewer
content: McGlynn, Betty Hoag
label: Creator
content: New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lorser Feitelson, b. 1898; d. 1978, Painter and art administrator, Federal Art Project of Los Angeles, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recordings, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 52 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 May 12-1964 June 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.feitel64
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
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 Lorser Feitelson conducted 1964 May 12-1964 June 9, by Betty Hoag for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Feitelson speaks of his background and parental influence; his early interest in art; studying painting in Europe; the influence of the Old Masters; his painting methods; early exhibitions of his work; being appointed Federal Art Project supervisor for the Los Angeles area; his duties; delegating work to artists; working with Holger Cahill; political problems with the FAP; the effect of the project on the art scene in California; methods used for murals; the Easel Painting Project of the FAP and how it was run; the work that was done by the Index of American Design in California; his post-WPA career; and he recalls Arthur Durston and Conrad Buff.