Oral history interview with Anton Blazek

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Oral history interview with Anton Blazek

1965 April 13

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Blazek speaks of his childhood in Baltimore; early art and music training; commercial art; ceramics; working with aluminum; his move to Los Angeles; works completed for federal projects; his paintings of California missions; the lack of government censorship; and the value of federal projects. He recalls David Ebstrom, Lorser Feitelson, and Stanton Macdonald-Wright.

Sound recording: 2 sound tape reels ; 3 in.Transcript: 34 p.

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New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Blazek, Anton James, 1902-1974

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Painter, sculptor; Los Angeles, Calif.; b. 1902. From the description of Oral history interview with Anton Blazek, 1965 Apr. 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 317592424 Painter, craftsman, and sculptor (California). From the description of Anton Blazek papers, [ca. 1930-1940]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093828 Painter, sculptor; Los Angeles, California. Born in 1902. From the description of Anton Blazek interview, 1965 Apr. 13. (Unknow...

McGlynn, Betty Hoag

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Collector of, authority on early California art; San Mateo, California. Full name Betty Lochrie Hoag McGlynn. At the time these papers were microfilmed, McGlynn was married to architect Paul Sterling Hoag. She is married to Thomas A. McGlynn, Jr. Her father-in-law was painter Thomas A. McGlynn (1878-1966), whose biography Betty McGlynn wrote in 1979. From the description of Betty Hoag McGlynn papers, 1934-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565871 Collector of and author...

Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978

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Painters; Los Angeles, Calif. Husband and wife. Feitelson, who also was a graphic artist and teacher, and director of the WPA in California, died in 1978. Lundeberg died in 1999. From the description of Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg papers, circa 1890s-2002 (bulk 1919-1999). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 297147697 Lorser Feitelson, b. 1898; d. 1978, Painter and art administrator, Federal Art Project of Los Angeles, Calif. From the description of Oral hist...

Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973

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American artist; co-founder of the Synchromism movement. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [postmarked Santa Monica], to Morgan Russell, 1929 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606816 Painter; Los Angeles, California. From the description of Oral history interview with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, 1967 May 26 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81393723 "Noted American painter Stanton Macdonald-Wright ... was hired to p...

Ebstrom, David.

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