Oral history interview with Joan Brown

Kienholz Edward 1927-1994

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Edward Kienholz (October 23, 1927 – June 10, 1994) was an American installation artist and assemblage sculptor whose work was highly critical of aspects of modern life. From 1972 onwards, he assembled much of his artwork in close collaboration with his artistic partner and fifth wife, Nancy Reddin Kienholz. Throughout much of their career, the work of the Kienholzes was more appreciated in Europe than in their native United States, though American museums have featured their art more prominently...

Berman, Wallace, 1926-1976

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Wallace Berman was born in 1926 in Staten Island, New York. In the 1930s, his family moved to the Jewish district in Los Angeles. After being expelled from high school for gambling in the early 1940s, Berman immersed himself in the growing West Coast jazz scene. During this period, he briefly attended the Jepson Art School and Chouinard Art School, but departed when he found the training too academic for his needs. In 1949, while working in a factory finishing antique ...

McClure, Michael.

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Michael McClure was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist, and part of the Beat Generation of poetry. He was one of five authors who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading, and became close with Jack Kerouac, being immortalized as Pat McLean in Big Sur. He is known as the Prince of the Frisco Scene. From the guide to the Michael McClure letter to Diane di Prima, September 1968, (Ohio University) San Francisco-based ...

Herms, George, 1935-

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George Herms, California artist, musician, and poet, was one of the founders of the West Coast assemblage movement. From the description of George Herms papers, 1890-2009 ( bulk 1960-2000) (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 668457005 Herms, George, 1935, Assemblage and collage artist of Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif. Central participant in the West Coast Beat culture. From the description of Oral history interview with...

Bothwell, Dorr

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Dorr Bothwell (1902-2000) was a painter and printmaker in Joshua Tree, Calif. From the description of Dorr Bothwell papers, 1900- 2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613313071 From the description of Dorr Bothwell papers, 1900-2006. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756820995 Painter and printmaker; Joshua Tree, Calif; b. 1902; d. Sept. 24, 2000, at age 98. From the description of Dorr Bothwell papers, 1921- 2001. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77866313 ...

Brown, Joan, 1938-1990

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Joan Brown was an artist. From the description of Joan Brown papers, 1959-2002 (bulk 1970-1990). (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 62767038 Painter, professor; San Francisco, Calif.; d. 1990. Studied at the California School of Fine Arts 1955-1960 under Elmer Bischoff and others. Killed in an accident in Proddatura, India. From the description of Joan Brown papers, 1955-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77979761...

Hedrick, Wally, 1928-2003

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Painter and sculptor; San Geronimo, Calif.; d. Dec. 17, 2003 at age 75. From the description of Wally Hedrick papers, 1954-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557095 Wally Hedrick (1928-2003) was a sculptor and painter from San Geronimo, Calif. Grew up in Pasadena, Calif. Active in the Funk movement and the Beat Era in San Francisco. Developed the concept of "junk art." From the description of Oral history interview with Wally Hedrick...

Bischoff, Elmer, 1916-1991

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Painter, educator. Died 1991. From the description of Elmer Bischoff interviews, 1977 Aug. 10-Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220192010 Elmer Bischoff (1916-1991) was a painter and educator from San Francisco, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Elmer Bischoff, 1977 Aug. 10-Sept. 1 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495596768 From the description of Oral history interview with Elmer Bischoff, 1965 Jan. 20 [so...

Karlstrom, Paul J.

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Karlstrom: Director and area collector of the Archives of American Art, San Francisco office. Siegriest: painter and graphic artist; Oakland, California. Oliveira: painter and teacher; Stanford, California. Keinholz: assemblage artist; California and Idaho. Wood: Ceramist, Calif. From the description of [Photographs of California artists]. 1976-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220199675 ...

DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989

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Artist Mary Joan (Jay) DeFeo was born in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1929 and moved with her family to the San Francisco Bay Area at age three. She earned a B.A. and an M.A. in Fine Arts at UC Berkeley and won a fellowship after graduation that took her to France, Spain, northern Africa and Italy. In Florence she met artist Clinton Hill, with whom she developed a lasting friendship. In the mid-1950s DeFeo settled in San Francisco and met regularly with Beat poets and artists including Joan and Wil...

Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008

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Born in McPherson, Kansas, in 1933, Bruce Conner spent his childhood and young adulthood in nearby Wichita. Upon graduating from Wichita High School East, Conner went on to study art at Wichita University and University of Nebraska, where he met his wife-to-be, Jean Sandstedt. He continued art studies at the Brooklyn Art School and the University of Colorado. In 1957, at the urging of his childhood friend, the poet Michael McClure, and attracted by stories of a vibrant art and literary scene tha...

Staempfli, George W.

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Neri, Manuel, 1930-....

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Sculptor; Benecia, California. From the description of Manuel Neri papers, 1940-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565805 Manuel Neri (1930- ) is a sculptor and educator living and working in Benecia, Calif. Neri taught at the California School of Fine Arts from 1959-1965 and at the University of California, Davis from 1965-1999. Neri is best known for his life size figurative sculptures. From the description of Oral history intervie...