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Interviewee:
King, Sidney E., 1906-2002  Search this
Interviewer:
Pennington, Estill Curtis  Search this
Subject:
Collins, Herbert  Search this
Pitts, Elizabeth McCord  Search this
Reagan, Ronald  Search this
Sargent, John Singer  Search this
United States. National Park Service  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
15 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 52 min.
Summary:
An interview of Sidney E. King conducted circa 1980-1983, by Buck Pennington and Herbert Collins, for the Archives of American Art.
King speaks of growing up in Boston, Mass.; working under John Singer Sargent at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Mass.; searching for a job during the Great Depression; travelling the United States by car with a friend; prospecting for gold in Spotsylvania County, Va.; painting signs for the National Park Service; developing a technique to make painted signs weather the elements well; painting the murals, "The Life of Christ" and "Creation," for the Mormon Church; meeting his wife, Peggy, and her cousin, Mary; researching historical scenes for murals; teaching at Rappahannock Community College; speculating on the future of the arts in America. King also recalls John Singer Sargent, Lawrence Kocher, Ronald Reagan, Elizabeth Pitts, Peggy King, and others.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Sidney E. King, circa 1980-1983. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
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.
Biography Note:
Sidney E. King (1906-2002) was a painter and muralist from Caroline County, Va.
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 others.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13150
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212793
AAA_collcode_king80
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212793