Travis, Paul B. (Paul Bough), 1891-1975
Painter, Educator, Printmaker
Size: Transcript: 24 pages.
Format: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformated in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 3 min.
Summary: An interview of Paul Travis conducted 1973 September 24, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art.
Paul Travis (1891-1975) was a painter from Cleveland, Ohio. Birth date listed as both 1891 and 1898.
This interview is part of the Archives' 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.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Paul Travis, 1973 September 24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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