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Interviewee:
Bunce, Louis, 1907-1983  Search this
Interviewer:
Lafo, Rachel Rosenfield, 1951-  Search this
Subject:
Callahan, Kenneth  Search this
Robinson, Boardman  Search this
Weber, Max  Search this
Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Kharouba Gallery (Portland, Or.)  Search this
Portland Art Museum (Or.)  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Oregon
Physical Description:
78 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 43 min.
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Summary:
An interview of Louis Bunce conducted 1982 December 3-13, by Rachel Rosenfield, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project.
Bunce speaks of his family background and education at the Portland Museum Art School; attending the Art Students League in New York and studying under Max Weber, Boardman Robinson and others; returning to Portland during the Depression and working on WPA projects; his interest in jazz and its influence on his work; his involvement in the Northwest arts community; his interest in landscapes and figures; teaching at the Portland Museum Art School; founding the Kharouba Gallery; developing his interest in the graphic arts; and the current Portland art scene. He recalls Kenneth Callahan.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Louis Bunce, 1982 December 3-13. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Location of Originals:
Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
Funding:
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.
Biography Note:
Louis Bunce (1907-1983) was a painter, printmaker, and educator from Portland, Oregon.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
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.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews  Search this
Art, Modern -- Northwestern States  Search this
Art, American -- Northwestern States  Search this
Painters -- Oregon -- Portland -- Interviews  Search this
Educators -- Oregon -- Portland -- Interviews  Search this
Printmakers -- Oregon -- Portland -- Interviews  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11832
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212555
AAA_collcode_bunce82
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212555