Oral history interview with Jane Piper

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Oral history interview with Jane Piper

1988 Jan. 16-17

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An interview of Jane Piper conducted 1988 Jan. 16-17, by Barbara Wolanin, for the Archives of American Art. Piper speaks of her training at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, her studies with Arthur B. Carles and Hans Hofmann and of Carles' influence on her. Piper describes Carles' classes, his teaching methods, as well as Carles' stroke and his final unsuccessful attempt to exhibit at Princeton before his death. Piper speaks about her career as a teacher and as an artist, her exhibition history, her working methods and the development of her painting, particularly the importance of color and the move between abstraction and representational painting.

Sound recording: 2 sound cassettes.Transcript: 43 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7916786

Archives of American Art

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Piper, Jane, 1916-1991

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Jane Piper (1916-1991) was a painter from Philadelphia, Pa. From the description of Oral history interview with Jane Piper, 1988 Jan. 16-17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646395787 Painter, Philadelphia, Pa. Died 1991. From the description of Jane Piper interviews, 1988 Jan. 16 and 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220178842 Painter; Philadelphia, Pa. Died 1991. From the description of Jane Piper papers, 1943-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat recor...

Carles, Arthur B., 1882-1952

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Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966

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Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) was a painter and teacher in Provincetown, Mass. From the description of Hans Hofmann papers, [ca. 1904]-1978 (bulk 1945-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82551474 Painter, teacher. From the description of Hans Hofmann letter to Mrs. Spingarn, 1938 Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122389762 Biography Hans Hofmann created a distinctive primordial world of color and l...

Wolanin, Barbara A. (Barbara Ann)

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Biographer of Arthur Carles. From the description of Interview conducted by Donald Ott and Oliver Daniel, Apr. 11, 1981 [sound recording]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862317 ...