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Oral History interview with Miyoko Ito

Archives of American Art

Oral History interview with Miyoko Ito, 1978 July 20, Transcript
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Object Details

sova.aaa.ito78
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fc74c5bf-beb0-466b-bc95-664a03740244
General
Originally recorded on 1 tape reel (5 in.).
Interviewee
Ito, Miyoko, 1918-1983
Interviewer
Barrie, Dennis
Names
Art Institute of Chicago
Ox-Bow Summer School of Painting
Smith College
Baum, Don, 1922-
Berdich, Vera, 1915-2003
Chapin, Francis, 1899-1965
Cohen, George, 1913-1980
Edmondson, Leonard, 1916-
Haley, John, 1905-1991
Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
Johnston, Ynez, 1920-
Kahn, Max, 1903-2005
Lanyon, Ellen
Loran, Erle, 1905-1999
Mitchell, Joan, 1926-1992
Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
Ryder, Worth Allen, 1884-1960
Venturi, Lionello, 1885-1961
Occupation
Painters -- Chicago -- Illinois
Topic
Art, American
Asian American art
Asian American artists
Asian American painters
Japanese American art
Japanese American artists
Japanese American painting
Women artists
Women painters
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment -- 1942-1945
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.
Interviewee
Ito, Miyoko, 1918-1983
Interviewer
Barrie, Dennis
Sponsor
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.
Biographical / Historical
Miyoko Ito (1918-1983) was a Japanese American painter based in Chicago, Illinois.
Extent
2 Items (Sound recording: 2 sound files, digital, wav file)
41 Pages (Transcript)
Date
1978 July 20
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.ito78
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Scope and Contents
An interview of Miyoko Ito conducted 1978 July 20, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art.
Ito discusses her family background; being in Japan at an early age, attending school and learning calligraphy; returning to California in 1928; excelling in drawing and painting; attending Berkeley High School; studying watercolor at Berkeley School of Water Color; studying under Erle Loran, Worth Ryder, John Haley; the influence of Hans Hofmann; being in internment camp (Camp Rann); attending Smith College, Northampton to study painting under instructor George Cohen; attending the Art Institue of Chicago and meeting Francis Chapin and Joan Mitchell; being influenced by Bonnard; moving into lithography at Oxbow; studying under Max Kahn; doing printmaking and etching; and participating in the Momentum Shows. Ito mentions Ynez Johnston, Leonard Edmondson, Lionel Venturi, Ellen Lanyon, Don Baum, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and Vera Berdich.
AAA.ito78
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9fc74c5bf-beb0-466b-bc95-664a03740244
AAA.ito78
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1596366091881-1596366091884-0
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