Compare Constellations

Oral history interview with Louis Siegriest

Title: Oral history interview with Louis Siegriest

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.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 2 sound tape reels ; 5 in.Transcript: 45 p.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92f49460d-4d3b-4cfa-85f1-bbab6828fff3 View

Armer, Ruth, 1896-1977. Ruth Armer artist file.

Title: Ruth Armer artist file.

ArchivalResource: 2 folders.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228432436 View

Ruth Armer papers

Title: Ruth Armer papers

The papers of painter Ruth Armer measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1911 to 1976. The collection includes scattered documentation of Armer's career through printed bookplates, biographical material, correspondence, personal business records, photographs, printed material, a scrapbook, and writings and notes.

ArchivalResource: 0.6 Linear feet

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92460344a-3937-4a91-9d4b-dde14560d916 View

Armer, Ruth, 1896-1977. Ruth Armer collection, undated.

Title: Ruth Armer collection, undated.

Contains a photograph of Ruth Armer; and a letter that her husband, Joseph Bransten, received from the National Collection of Fine Arts, in Washington, D.C., in which they told him that one of his wife's pieces would become a permanent part of that institution's collection.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80904451 View

Oral history interview with Ruth Armer

Title: Oral history interview with Ruth Armer

An interview of Ruth Armer conducted 1974 August 14, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art. Armer speaks of her early interest in art; her education; moving to New York City in 1918; studying at the Art Students League under John Sloan, Robert Henri and George Bellows and the influences of Leo Stein and Max Weber. She discusses her early work in portrait painting; returning to San Francisco and working as a commercial artist; problems facing women artists in the 1930s; becoming a teacher; and her opinions of San Francisco art.

OralHistoryResource: Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in.Transcript: 39 p.

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw998ed8042-a28d-4d3a-9418-5742d7ef5c02 View

Armer, Ruth, 1896- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

Title: Armer, Ruth, 1896- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material].

The folder may include clippings, announcements, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral items.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/199418928 View

[Photographs of artists taken by Mimi Jacobs, photographer]

Title: [Photographs of artists taken by Mimi Jacobs, photographer]

Photographs of artists, many from the San Francisco Bay Area, taken by Mimi Jacobs.

ArchivalResource:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw99e52eeab-c8aa-437c-9967-ac2af528c69f View