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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Roland C. Petersen
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.peters02
- Creators:
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Petersen, Roland, 1926-Karlstrom, Paul J.
- Dates:
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2002 Sept. 17
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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12 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Roland C. Petersen conducted 2002 Sept. 17, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in Petersen's home, in Pacifica, Calif.
Scope and Contents
Petersen discusses his background, education, and his influences including Stanley William Hayter, Joan Miro, and Minor White, as well as his attraction to Asian brush painting which he learned from Chiuro Obata at Berkeley, Abstract Expressionism and the University of California, Davis. Also discussed are Cezanne's and Van Gogh's techniques.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Roland Petersen (1926- ) is a painter from Pacifica, Calif.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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 administrators.
Digital Content
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr.
Keywords
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Painters -- California -- Interviews | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
White, Minor | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Miró, Joan, 1893- | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Obata, Chiura | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890 | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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