Oral history interview with Robert Bechtle

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Oral history interview with Robert Bechtle

2010 February 8-9

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An interview of Robert Bechtle conducted 2010 February 8 and 9, by Judith Olch Richards, for the Archives of American Art, at Bechtle's home and studio, in San Francisco, California.Interview of Robert Bechtle, conducted by Judith Richards for the Archives of American Art, in Bechtle’s home in San Francisco, California on February 8 and 9, 2010. This is a second interview conducted for the archives, continuing from an interview with Bechtle in 1980. The interview mainly focuses on how is work has changed or remained the same since 1980; in particular his lighting study from midday to morning and evening; the grouping of photos to create a painting; new technology; the continuing challenges of his work; dispelling popular notions about his work such as the idea of neutral light and the Americana symbolism of his cars; his teaching endeavors at San Francisco State University and California College of Arts and Crafts; and the transition from his gallery residency at OK Harris to Barbara Gladstone; Bechtle also recalls Ivan Karp, Chuck Close, Ralph Goings, Edward Hopper, Jerome Witkin, Rackstraw Jones, Kathan Brown, Wayne Theibaud, Mitzi Pederson, and others.

Sound recording: 6 memory cards (4 hr., 55 min.) secure digital; 1.25 in.Transcript: 75 p.

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Richards, Judith Olch

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Bechtle, Robert, 1932-

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Interviewee Robert Bechtle (1932- ) is a Photorealist painter in San Francisco, Calif. Interviewer Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is former Executive director of iCI in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Robert Bechtle, 2010 Feb. 8-9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316782 Painter, Berkeley, Calif.; full name: Robert Alan Bechtle; b. 1932. From the description of Robert Alan Bechtle interviews, 1978 Sept. 13-1980 Feb. 1 [sound rec...