Title:
African-American artists of Los Angeles: John W. Outterbridge : oral / 1993
African American artists of Los Angeles
Creator/Contributor:
Outterbridge, John W., 1933-, creator, ive
Creator/Contributor:
Smith, Richard Cándida., ivr
Creator/Contributor:
University of California, Los Angeles, Oral History Program.
Abstract:
Outterbridge discusses growing up in Greenville, N.C.; his decision to become a professional artist, and training at the American
Academy of Art, Chicago; the African-American art community in Chicago and Los Angeles; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art;
the Watts riots; Watts Towers Arts Center; effects of Black nationalism on art; the African-American artist's visual aesthetic.
Date:
1993 (issued)
Subject:
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African American artists -- Interviews
African American art -- Illinois -- Chicago
African American art -- California -- Los Angeles
Riots -- California -- Los Angeles
Black nationalism -- United States
Art noir américain -- Illinois -- Chicago
Art noir américain -- Californie -- Los Angeles
Nationalisme noir -- États-Unis
African American art
African American artists
Black nationalism
Riots
California -- Los Angeles
Illinois -- Chicago
United States
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Watts Towers Arts Center.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Note:
interviewed by Richard Cándida Smith ; completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California,
Los Angeles,
Interviews conducted Sept. 1989-Feb. 1990.
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All literary rights, including the right to publication, are
reserved to the University Library of the University of California, Los Angeles. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for
publication without the written permission of the University Librarian.
Volume 2 includes index.
Type:
Interviews.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:
print
2 v. (x, 635 leaves) : port. ; 29 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 94/80 cLOCAL
Origin:
California
Copyright Note:
This manuscript is made available for research purposes only. All literary rights, including the right to publication, are
reserved to the University Library of the University of California, Los Angeles. No part of the manuscript may be quoted for
publication without the written permission of the University Librarian.