Oral history interview with Paul Sample

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Oral history interview with Paul Sample

1971 October 10

An interview of Paul Sample conducted 1971 October 10, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Sample speaks of his studies with Jonas Lie and Stanton Macdonald-Wright; teaching at the University of Southern California and at Dartmouth College; working on frescos with David Alfaro Siqueiros in California; working on murals for the Treasury Department's art project; exhibitions in New York galleries; his series of paintings for the American Tobacco Company. He discusses his subject matter.

Sound recording: 3 sound tapes ; 7 in.Transcript: 67 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8219534

Archives of American Art

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