Object Details
- interviewee
- Gilliam, Sam
- interviewer
- Young, Kenneth, 1933-
- Subject
- Downing, Thomas
- Noland, Kenneth
- University of Louisville
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- District of Columbia
- Physical Description
- Sound recording: 1 Sound cassette; 28 Pages, Transcript
- Access Note / Rights
- This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
- Summary
- An interview of Sam Gilliam conducted 1984 Sept. 18, by Kenneth Young, for the Archives of American Art.
- Gilliam speaks of his childhood in the South; discovering his talent and his early attraction to art; his education at the University of Louisville; how his philosophy of art developed; the influence of music; techniques and materials; early shows of his work; Washington artists he knew. He recalls Thomas Downing and Kenneth Noland.
- Citation
- Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Sam Gilliam, 1984 Sept. 18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Additional Forms
- Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
- Funding
- Funding for this interview was provided by Warner Communications, Inc. Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
- Use Note
- The Archives of American Art makes its Oral History Program interviews available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. Quotation, reproduction and publication of the recording is governed by restrictions. If an interview has been transcribed, researchers must quote from the transcript. If an interview has not been transcribed, researchers must quote from the recording. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
- Biography Note
- Sam Gilliam (1933-2022) was a painter from Washington, D.C.
- Language Note
- English .
- Provenance
- This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA_CollID)11449
- (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212129
- AAA_collcode_gillia84
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Theme
- African American
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Painting -- Equipment and supplies
- Painting -- Technique
- African American artists
- African American painters
- Theme
- African American
- Record ID
- AAADCD_oh_212129
