Oral history interview with Isabel Bishop
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 56 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988
label: Interviewer
content: Nadelman, Cynthia
label: Names
content: Gruskin, Alan D. (Alan Daniel), 1904-1970
label: Names
content: Marsh, Reginald, 1898-1954
label: Names
content: Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952
label: Names
content: Pène Du Bois, Guy, 1884-1958
label: Names
content: Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987
label: Names
content: Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Book illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
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: Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988
label: Interviewer
content: Nadelman, Cynthia
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Isabel Bishop (1902-1988) was a painter from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 130 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987 November 12-December 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bishop87
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Isabel Bishop conducted 1987 November 12-December 11, by Cynthia Nadelman, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Bishop discusses her family background; moving to New York; her studio in Union Square; "Reality" magazine; and her figurative sculpture and portraiture. She recalls Reginald Marsh, Kenneth Hayes Miller, Raphael Soyer, Alan Gruskin, Guy Pène du Bois, James Johnson Sweeney, and others.