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Creator:
Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice), 1902-1971  Search this
Interviewer:
Selvig, Forrest  Search this
Names:
Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Extent:
123 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Interviews
Date:
1968 August 26-27
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Irene Rice Pereira conducted 1968 August 26-27, by Forrest Selvig, for the Archives of American Art.
Pereira speaks of her family background and youth in Boston and Great Barrington, Massachusetts; the Art Students League; travels to Europe and Africa; her theories on light; the relationship between her poetry and her painting; the importance of dreams on her work; painting on glass; difficulties with the Museum of Modern Art; efforts to counter current art trends; abstract expressionism.
Biographical / Historical:
Irene Rice Pereira (1902-1971) was a painter, writer, and educator in New York, New York.
Provenance:
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 others.
Restrictions:
Patrons must use transcript.
Topic:
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Educators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women educators  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women authors  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.pereir68
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9296bec02-dff6-4d68-bae3-750f072015dd
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-pereir68