Oral history interview with Ray Strong, 1993 September 14

Object Details

Place of publication, production, or execution

California

Physical Description

31 Pages, Transcript

General Note

Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 30 min.

Access Note / Rights

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Summary

An interview of Ray Strong conducted 1993 September 14, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's studio, in Santa Barbara, California. Strong discusses his family background and early art education; his move to San Francisco and contact with Jimmy Swinnerton, Maynard Dixon, and Frank Van Sloun; studying at California School of Fine Arts; his feeling of responsibility for art and nature; his murals at the Bohemian Club in San Francisco, 1934; and his involvement with socialist causes.

Citation

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ray Strong, 1993 September 14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Additional Forms

Transcript available on line

Funding

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Biography Note

Ray Strong (1905-2006) was a painter and mural painter from San Francisco, California.

Language Note

English .

Provenance

This interview is part of the Archives' 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.

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Record number

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11668

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215458

AAA_collcode_strong93

interviewee

Strong, Ray Stanford, 1905-2006

interviewer

Karlstrom, Paul J

Subject

Dixon, Maynard

Swinnerton, Jimmy

Van Sloun, Frank J.

Type

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic

Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews

Muralists -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews

Record ID

AAADCD_oh_215458

Usage

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