Oral history interview with James Newman

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Oral history interview with James Newman

1974 May 13

An interview of James Newman conducted 1974 May 13, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art. Newman speaks of his initial interest in art at Stanford University; meeting Walter Hopps and opening his first gallery with him in the 1950s; the history of the Dilexi Gallery in San Francisco; and his philosophy of collecting. He recalls Robert Craig Kauffman, William T. Wiley, and Jeremy Anderson.

Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in.Transcript: 47 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7609645

Archives of American Art

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Karlstrom, Paul J.

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Karlstrom: Director and area collector of the Archives of American Art, San Francisco office. Siegriest: painter and graphic artist; Oakland, California. Oliveira: painter and teacher; Stanford, California. Keinholz: assemblage artist; California and Idaho. Wood: Ceramist, Calif. From the description of [Photographs of California artists]. 1976-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220199675 ...

Kauffman, Craig, 1932-2010

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Lisa Adams is a painter and instructor at UCLA and Santa Monica College. Kauffman a contemporary, abstract expressionist, finish-fetish and light and space artist, an associate professor at the University of California Berkeley and Irvine, and an instructor at the School of Visual Arts, New York. Adams and Kauffman met in Los Angeles in 1981 and then lived in N.Y. until 1984. Kauffman was one of the original members of the legendary Ferus Gallery group. His connection wi...

Newman, James, 1933-

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James Newman (1933- ) is an art dealer from San Francisco, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with James Newman, 1974 May 13 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595066 Art dealer (San Francisco, Calif.). From the description of James Newman interview, 1974 May 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220179800 ...

Dilexi Gallery

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Hopps, Walter.

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Wiley, William T., 1937-....

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William T. Wiley (1937-) was a painter from Woodacre, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with William T. Wiley, 1997 Oct. 8-Nov. 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81954857 Painter; San Francisco Bay area, California. Achieved international recognition for highly imaginative and unconventional art. Studied at California School of Fine Art 1956-1962 with Frank Lobdell and other exponents of Abstract Expressionism. From t...

Anderson, Jeremy, 1921-1982

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