Lewis, Monty, b. 1907 d. 1997
Designer, Educator, Muralist, PainterCoronado, Calif. (Show Bio)
Oral history interview with Monty Lewis, 1964 June 25
Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in.
Transcript: 15 p.
An interview of Monty Lewis conducted at Coronado School of Fine Arts in San Diego, Calif., 1964 June 25, by Betty Hoag for the Archives of American Art. Lewis discusses his art training at the Art Students' League in NY, his study of mural and easel painting in Europe, and his freelance mural work before his involvement with the Public Works of Art Project. He describes the developing presence of mural art in New York with Diego Rivera's mural at Rockefeller Center and the 1939 New York World's Fair. Lewis tells of the Artists, Painters, and Sculptors Collaborators, a collaborative group interested in developing community art projects, and discusses the use of murals in the 1939 New York World's Fair and the different techniques used for those and other public projects.
Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
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