Oral history interview with Anna Belle Illien
name: label: Interviewee
content: Illien, Anna Belle
label: Interviewer
content: Kirwin, Liza
label: Names
content: Alexander, Judith
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Georgia -- Atlanta
label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators
label: Topic
content: Art -- Georgia -- Atlanta
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Illien, Anna Belle
label: Interviewer
content: Kirwin, Liza
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Anna Belle Illien (b. 1935) is an arts administrator and art dealer in Atlanta, Georgia.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 39 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1985 Sept. 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.illien85
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
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.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Anna Belle Illien conducted 1985 Sept. 27, by Liza Kirwin, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Illien speaks of the history of the Gallerie Illien in Atlanta; her commitment to show Georgia painters and sculptors; Judith Alexander as an "innovator and educator" in the Atlanta gallery movement; and sales and rentals of art works to interior designers and architects. She discusses the state art programs that she began, including the Georgia "art bus", the "Art for Urban Walls" mural project in Atlanta, and art for MARTA (Atlanta's transit system). She also recalls working with artists Romare Bearden and Larry Connaster, among others.