Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Evelyn Statsinger

Summary

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Evelyn Statsinger, 2015 May 11-13, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.statsi15
Creators:
Statsinger, Evelyn, 1927-2016
Silverman, Lanny
Dates:
2015 May 11-13
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
3 Items
Sound recording, master: 3 sound files (3 hr., 31 min.)
digital, wav
106 Pages
Transcript
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview with Evelyn Statsinger, conducted 2015 May 11-13, by Lanny Silverman, for the Archives of American Art's Chicago Art and Artists: Oral History Project, at Statsinger's studio in Chicago, Illinois.
Scope and Contents
Statsinger speaks of studying at the High School of Museum and Arts in New York, the Art Students League, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago; showing at Chicago galleries, including Frumkin, Artemisia, Kovler, and Jan Cicero; how her work fits in with contemporary Chicago artists, including Monster Roster and Imagists; the use of ambiguity in her work; how her travels in Japan and Mexico influenced her style; Japanese theater; and contemporary art and popular culture. Statsinger also recalls Ossip Zadkine, Katherine Kuh, Carl Schniewind, Mies van der Rohe, Leon Golub, Kathleen Blackshear, and others.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Interviewee Evelyn Statsinger (1927-2016) was a painter in Chicago, Illinois. Interviewer Lanny Silverman (1947- ) is a curator at the Chicago Cultural Center in Chicago, Illinois.
Administration
Sponsor
Funding for this interview was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
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

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Evelyn Statsinger, 2015 May 11-13, Transcript

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Oral history interview with Evelyn Statsinger, 2015 May 11-13, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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