Sam Brown videorecording / produced by the National Archives ; interviewer, Shawn Aubitz, 1985

Object Details

Place of publication, production, or execution: United States
Physical Description: 1 Videocassette, videocassette (120 min), sd., col., 1/2 in.
Summary: An interview with painter Samuel Brown conducted by Shawn Aubitz of the National Archives, for an exhibition on the Work Projects Administration in Philadelphia. Brown discusses his work on the WPA; materials and techniques; some of his paintings, including "The Scrubwoman," and "The Lynching"; sharing a studio with Dox Thrash; and a visit from Eleanor Roosevelt.
Citation: Sam Brown [videorecording] / [produced by] the National Archives ; interviewer, Shawn Aubitz, 1985. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note: Samuel Joseph Brown (1907-1994) was an African American painter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is thought to be the first African American artist hired by the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) and later worked for the Works Projects Administration (WPA) in Philadelphia as both a painter and a printmaker.
Language Note: English .
Provenance: Donated 1990 by Samuel J. Brown, through the National Archives, as part of AAA's Philadelphia Art Documentation Project.
Location Note: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Record number: (DSI-AAA_CollID)10823; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214565; AAA_collcode_browsamu

Creator: Brown, Samuel Joseph, 1907-1994
Subject: Roosevelt, Eleanor; Thrash, Dox; Aubitz, Shawn; United States. Work Projects Administration; United States. Works Progress Administration; Federal Art Project (Pa.)