Oral history interview with Delta Bravo de Picó
name: label: Interviewee
content: de Picó, Delta Bravo
label: Interviewer
content: Cancel, Luis R.
label: Names
content: Liga de Arte de San Juan
label: Names
content: Puerto Rican Artists Video Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Ceramicists
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Puerto Rico
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Puerto Rico -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women ceramicists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: de Picó, Delta Bravo
label: Interviewer
content: Cancel, Luis R.
culture: label: Culture
content: Puerto Rican artists
label: Culture
content: Puerto Rican artists
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Delta Bravo de Picó (1912-2010) was a Puerto Rican painter and ceramist. She was a founding member of La Liga de Arte, where she served as director for 35 years. She also co-founded the Asociación de Mujeres Artistas de Puerto Rico and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Puerto Rico. She was the mother of painter Frances Picó.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Luis R. Cancel (1952- ) is a Puerto Rican arts administrator and artist from New York City, N.Y. Cancel is the President of Esperanto Internet Services, LLC. He is the former director of the Bronx Museum of the Arts and a scholar on 20th century Latin American and Puerto Rican art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (2 video recordings (Betacam))
label: Extent
content: 2 Items (2 video files (50 min.), digital, mov)
label: Extent
content: 16 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1997 October 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.depico97
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This interview was audited and edited by Benji de la Piedra in 2025.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Delta Bravo de Picó conducted by Luis Cancel, 1997 October 26, for the Archives of American Art's Puerto Rican Artists Video Project.