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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Guy Anderson
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.anders83
- Creators:
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Anderson, Guy, 1906-1998Kingsbury, Martha, 1941-
- Dates:
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1983 February 1-8
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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5 Sound cassettesSound recording86 PagesTranscript
- 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
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 27 minutes.
Keywords
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