Oral history interview with Bettina Brendel
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 3 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Brendel, Bettina
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women educators
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 the transcription of this interview provided by the Pasadena Art Alliance
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Brendel, Bettina
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bettina Brendel (1922-) is a painter from Los Angeles, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 44 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2001 August 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.brende01
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
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content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Bettina Brendel conducted August 23, 2001, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in Brendel's home/studio.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Brendel discusses her family, her education and art, travels and residences, as well as her interest in science and physics. She recalls Erik Hatmann, John Anthony Waites, Lorser Feitelson, Helen Lundeberg, Oskar and Elfriede Fischinger, Jules Engel, Leonard Edmundson, Elaine de Kooning, Richard Feynman, and John McLaughlin.