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Oral history interview with Viola Patterson

Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Viola Patterson, 1982 Oct. 22-29, Transcript
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Object Details

sova.aaa.patter82
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90149e58a-5439-4922-aadb-4c5546e44592
General
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 33 min.
Interviewee
Patterson, Viola, 1898-1984
Interviewer
Kingsbury, Martha, 1941-
Names
Group of Twelve (Seattle, Wash.)
Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964
Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949
Patterson, Ambrose, 1877-1966
Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
Occupation
Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
Topic
Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews
Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
Art, American -- Northwestern States
Women artists
Women painters
Provenance
This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.
Interviewee
Patterson, Viola, 1898-1984
Interviewer
Kingsbury, Martha, 1941-
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
Viola Patterson (1898-1984) was a painter from Seattle, Wash.
Extent
57 Pages (Transcript)
Date
1982 Oct. 22-29
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.patter82
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Existence and Location of Originals
Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
Scope and Contents
An interview of Viola Patterson conducted 1982 Oct. 22-29, by Martha Kingsbury, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project, in the artist's home in Seattle, Wash.
Patterson speaks of her education; family background; her early interest in art; studying at the University of Washington art department; the influence of Japanese artists; teaching art to children; her husband, Ambrose Patterson, and his life and career; and working on murals with Jose Clement Orozco and Diego Rivera. She recalls Alexander Archipenko. Patterson was a member of the Seattle area progressive artists' collective known as the "Group of Twelve."
Restrictions
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
AAA.patter82
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw90149e58a-5439-4922-aadb-4c5546e44592
AAA.patter82
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1596288616106-1596288616109-0
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