Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Louis Siegriest

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.siegri75
Creators:
Siegriest, Louis Bassi, 1899-1989
Karlstrom, Paul J.
Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010
Dates:
1975 April 5
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
45 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Interview of Louis B. Siegriest, conducted 1975 April 5, by Paul Karlstrom and Nathan Oliveira, for the Archives of American Art, at Mr. Siegriest's home, in Oakland, California. Siegriest and Oliveira speak of his early career; the Society of Six; and the Bay Area figurative school. He recalls Perham Nahl, Bernard "Red" von Eichman, Bob Howard, Frank Van Sloun, Ruth Armer, Constance Macky, Lee Randolph, John Winkler, Maurice del Mue, Maynard Dixon, Willard Cox, Louis Hughes, Seldon Gile, August Gay, Xavier Martinez, Gottardo Piazzoni, Ralph Stackpole, Theodore Wores, Bill Gaw, William Henry Clapp, Terry St. John, Galka Scheyer, Maurice Logan, C.S. Price, Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Richard Diebenkorn, David Park, Elmer Bischoff, Frank Lobdell, Clifford Still, Diego Rivera, Otis Oldfield, Edna Stoddart, Johan Hagemeyer, and many others.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Louis Siegriest (1899-1989) was a painter from Oakland, California. Full name is Louis Bassi Siegriest.

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' 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.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 13 min.


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Howard, Robert Boardman, 1896-1983 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Van Sloun, Frank J., 1879-1938 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Armer, Ruth, 1896-1977 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Von Eichman, Bernard J., 1899-1970 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Randolph, Lee F., b. 1880 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Macky, Constance L., b. 1883 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Nahl, Perham Wilhelm, 1869-1935 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Martinez, Xavier, 1869-1943 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Piazzoni, Gottardo, 1872-1945 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Clapp, William Henry, 1879-1954 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Price, C. S. (Clayton S.), 1874-1950 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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del Mue, Maurice Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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