Oral history interview with Andree Ruellan
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 7 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 8 hr., 2 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ruellan, Andrée, 1905-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Kachur, Lewis
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
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. Funding for this interview was provided by the John Sloan Memorial Foundation.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Ruellan, Andrée, 1905-2006
label: Interviewer
content: Kachur, Lewis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Andrée Ruellan (1905-2006) was a painter from New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 285 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990 January 27-1991 July 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ruella90
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Andree Ruellan conducted 1990 Jan. 27-1991 July 22, by Lewis Kachur, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Ruellan discusses her studies in Europe; her life at Woodstock (artist colony, Woodstock, N.Y.); the 1930's; and the development of her work. She recalls Maurice Stern, William Hunt Diederich, Alexander Calder, Jules Pascin, Stuart Davis, John Taylor, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Carl Zigrosser, Elsie Driggs and others.