Brown, Robert F

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Massachusetts55 Pages, TranscriptOriginally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 19 min.Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.An interview of Calvin Burnett conducted 1980 June 13-1981 January 6, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art. Burnett speaks of his education at the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston; freelancing in commercial art; his career as a Black artist; teaching methods; recent paintings; and his civil rights activities.Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Calvin Burnett, 1980 June 13-1981 January 6. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.Transcript available on line.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.Calvin Burnett (1921-2007) was a graphic artist, illustrator, painter, and designer from Cambridge, Massachusetts. Full name Calvin W. Burnett.English .These interviews are 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 others.Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

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