Oral Histories

Los Angeles Art Community - Group Portrait

Topic:
Art
Language:
English
Copyright:
Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.
Abstract:
This series includes interviews with prominent Los Angeles-based visual artists and other members of the art establishment whose careers span the period from the 1920s through the 1970s. It documents the art community of the pre-World War II period and the rise of Los Angeles as a nationally recognized art center in the postwar period. Funding for this series was provided by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.