Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Guy Anderson

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.anders83
Creators:
Anderson, Guy, 1906-1998
Kingsbury, Martha, 1941-
Dates:
1983 February 1-8
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
5 Sound cassettes
Sound recording
86 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Guy Anderson conducted 1983 February 1-8, by Martha Kingsbury, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project.
Scope and Contents
Anderson speaks of his education; his career; the Great Depression and its impact on art and on him; working in the Seattle Art Museum in the 1930s; murals in the 1930s; the Spokane Art Center; vegetarianism; his travels in Alaska, Mexico, and Japan; meeting Morris Graves; religious painting; and the importance of the human figure to art.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Guy Anderson (1906-1998) was a painter, from LaConner, Washington.

Administration

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.
Existence and Location of Originals
Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.

Digital Content


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General

General
Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 27 minutes.


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Mural painting and decoration -- Washington (State) -- History Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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