Oral history interview with Robert Cremean, 1996 Sept. 5
Cremean, Robert , b. 1932 Active in Calif.  Transcript: 54 p.
Collection Summary: An interview of Robert Cremean conducted
1996 Sept. 5, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American
Art, in Cremean's studio, Tomales, Calif.  The focus of the
interview is Cremean's withdrawal from the commercial art market
in early 1980 and his subsequent arrangement with the Fresno
Arts Center (now Fresno Art Museum) to serve as the main center
for his work. Cremean discusses the Fresno project and a related
book undertaken by George Blair, the main funder of the museum
collaboration; the philosophy behind the arrangement and the
desire to take the market out of the relationship between artist
and audience; Cremean's commitment to small museums and breaking
the pattern of large, wealthy institutions defining culture
through limited sampling; Cremean's family background,
education, and career; study at Cranbrook; Fullbright to Italy;
teaching at UCLA (1956-1959);