Oral history interview with Sam Gilliam
name: label: Interviewee
content: Gilliam, Sam, Jr. (1933-2022)
label: Interviewer
content: Young, Kenneth, 1933-
label: Names
content: University of Louisville -- Students
label: Names
content: Downing, Thomas, 1928-1985
label: Names
content: Noland, Kenneth, 1924-2010
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Equipment and supplies
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Technique
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American painters
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: Interviewee
content: Gilliam, Sam, Jr. (1933-2022)
label: Interviewer
content: Young, Kenneth, 1933-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sam Gilliam (1933-2022) was a painter from Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 28 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984 Sept. 18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gillia84
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Sam Gilliam conducted 1984 Sept. 18, by Kenneth Young, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Gilliam speaks of his childhood in the South; discovering his talent and his early attraction to art; his education at the University of Louisville; how his philosophy of art developed; the influence of music; techniques and materials; early shows of his work; Washington artists he knew. He recalls Thomas Downing and Kenneth Noland.