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Interviewee:

Drutt, Helen Williams, 1930-  Search this

Drutt, Helen Williams, 1930-  Search this

Interviewer:

Pacini, Marina  Search this

Subject:

Sewell, Darrel, 1939-  Search this

Helen Drutt Gallery  Search this

Philadelphia Museum of Art  Search this

Philadelphia Council of Professional Craftsmen  Search this

Moore College of Art  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Topic:

Handicraft -- Exhibitions  Search this

Handicraft -- Collectors and collecting -- Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12221

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215077

AAA_collcode_drutt91

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_215077

Interviewee:

Pfannebecker, Robert L., 1933-  Search this

Pfannebecker, Robert L., 1933-  Search this

Interviewer:

Drutt, Helen Williams, 1930-  Search this

Subject:

Bauer, Fred  Search this

Chihuly, Dale  Search this

Higby, Wayne  Search this

Warashina, Patti  Search this

Type:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Pennsylvania -- Interviews  Search this

Handicraft -- Exhibitions  Search this

Handicraft -- Collectors and collecting -- United States  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)12512

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214653

AAA_collcode_pfanne91

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_214653

Interviewee:

Drutt, Helen Williams  Search this

Interviewer:

Pacini, Marina  Search this

Sewell, Darrel, 1939-  Search this

Names:

Helen Drutt Gallery  Search this

Moore College of Art  Search this

Philadelphia Council of Professional Craftsmen  Search this

Philadelphia Museum of Art  Search this

Extent:

264 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1991 July 5-October 20

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Helen Williams Drutt English conducted 1991 July 5-1991 October 20, by Darrel Sewell and Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project.

Drutt English speaks of early childhood in Winthrop, Massachusetts and growing up in Philadelphia; memories of her parents and grandparents and connection to the decorative arts and style; attending Birney Elementary School and returning to Winthrop in the summers; art lessons as a child; attending Tyler School of Art; early training as an artist and interest in art history; first jobs and working at the Smith Memorial Recreation Center and the Psychological Research Institute and teaching; travel in Europe after college; marriage to Lawry Weiss and divorce; attending classes at the Barnes Foundation; teaching school children; second marriage to William Drutt; starting an interior design firm; moving to her current home; attempting to build a craft center in Philadelphia; joining the Arts Council of the YM/YWHA and significant exhibitions; marriage to Maurice English; serving as Founding Director of Philadelphia Council of Professional Craftsmen and organizing exhibitions; advising Calvin Hathaway on collecting for the Philadelphia Museum of Art; starting the Inter-Society on Twentieth Century Decorative Arts and Design; attending the World Crafts Council in Dublin; teaching at the Philadelphia College of Art, and creating an original course on contemporary craft; opening Helen Drutt Gallery; relationships to artists and to collectors; collecting philosophy concentrating on ceramics and jewelry; developing her archive; developing relationships with European goldsmiths; changing locations of gallery (Old Town, Walnut Street); teaching at Moore College of Art and becoming Director of the Moore College of Art Gallery; relationship of the gallery to the Philadelphia Craft Show and the Fabric Workshop; developing relationships with collectors beyond Philadelphia; working with the National Endowment for the Arts; various European scholars; travel to Hawaii and relationships there; interest in poetry; Relationship and marriage to Maurice English; Opening a branch of her gallery in New York; discussion of the changing perception of craft as art. Close friendship with Stella Kramrisch; relationship to George Nakashima; development of the gallery system for crafts; detailed discussion of her relationship to Calvin Hathaway; the development of COLLAB; Difference between work with non-profits and the commercial sector; developing the Robert Arneson exhibition at the Gallery of the Moore College of Art; the financials of running a gallery; work in Australia; ongoing network of international contacts. Also reminiscences of Rudolf Staffel, Dr. Hermann Gundesheimer, O. Spurgeon English, Gladys Myers and Gallery 1015, Ms. De Mazia, William Daley, T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, Ted Hallman, Dick Jones, Daniel Jackson, Stanley Lechtzin, Olaf Skoogfors, Bill Daley, Dick Reinhardt, Dick Koga, Calvin Hathaway, Paula Winokur, Richard Kagan, Albert Paley, Ronald Pearson, Claus Bury, Robert Pfannebecker, Howard Kottler, Patti Warashina, Karen Karnes, Peter Voulkos, Society of North American Goldsmiths, Tom Rippon, Emmy Van Leersum, Gijs Bakker, Breon O'Casey, Mark Burns, Emily Reinsel, Evan Turner, Edna Beron, Lois Boardman, Peter Dormer, Evert Von Straatten, Lila and Twigg Smith, Jim Jenson, Stephen Berg, Robert Arneson, Stella Kramrisch, Claire Zeisler, Ruth Duckworth, Joke van Ommen, Dale Chihuly, James Surls, Peter Chang.

Biographical / Historical:

Helen Williams Drutt (1930- ) is an art dealer and gallery director of the Helen Drutt gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Known as Helen Drutt or Helen Williams Drutt and later Helen Williams Drutt English.

General:

Originally recorded on 7 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 13 digital wav files. Duration is 8 hr., 28 min.

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 administrators.

Occupation:

Art dealers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Gallery directors -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia  Search this

Topic:

Handicraft -- Exhibitions  Search this

Handicraft -- Collectors and collecting -- Pennsylvania -- Pennsylvania  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

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.

Identifier:

AAA.drutt91

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97b668bfb-591b-4fcb-9b2f-9a64fe1078e5

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-drutt91

Interviewee:

Pfannebecker, Robert L.  Search this

Interviewer:

Drutt, Helen Williams  Search this

Names:

Bauer, Fred  Search this

Chihuly, Dale, 1941-  Search this

Higby, Wayne  Search this

Warashina, Patti, 1940-  Search this

Extent:

222 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1991 May 21

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Robert Pfannebecker conducted 1991 May 21, by Helen Drutt English, (formerly Helen Williams Drutt) for the Archives of American Art.

Pfannebecker discusses his background; the development of his interest in crafts and collecting; his associations with students and teachers at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in the 1960s; later acquisitions as a result of his association with Dale Chihuly and his students at the Rhode Island School of Design, Wayne Higby and his students at Alfred University, and Eleanor Moty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; other artists he has worked with over the years including Patti Warashina, Fred Bauer, Helen Bitar, Warren Seelig, and Gary Knodel; and exhibitions of his collection.

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Pfannebecker (1933- ) is a crafts collector and attorney from Philadelphia, Pa.

General:

Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 25 min.

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 administrators.

Occupation:

Ceramicists  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Pennsylvania -- Interviews  Search this

Handicraft -- Exhibitions  Search this

Handicraft -- Collectors and collecting -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

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.

Identifier:

AAA.pfanne91

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c0d8af43-a06b-48cb-af32-23eece23aa6a

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-pfanne91