Oral history interview with Louis Siegriest
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 13 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Siegriest, Louis Bassi, 1899-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewer
content: Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010
label: Names
content: Society of Six
label: Names
content: Armer, Ruth, 1896-1977
label: Names
content: Bischoff, Elmer, 1916-1991
label: Names
content: Clapp, William Henry, 1879-1954
label: Names
content: Cox, Willard
label: Names
content: Diebenkorn, Richard, 1922-1993
label: Names
content: Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946
label: Names
content: Gaw, William A. (1891-1973)
label: Names
content: Gay, August Franc̜ois, 1890-1948
label: Names
content: Gile, Selden Connor, 1877-1947
label: Names
content: Graves, Morris, 1910-2001
label: Names
content: Hagemeyer, Johan, 1884-1962
label: Names
content: Howard, Robert Boardman, 1896-1983
label: Names
content: Hughes, Louis
label: Names
content: Lobdell, Frank, 1921-
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content: Logan, Maurice, 1886-1977
label: Names
content: Macky, Constance L., b. 1883
label: Names
content: Martinez, Xavier, 1869-1943
label: Names
content: Nahl, Perham Wilhelm, 1869-1935
label: Names
content: Oldfield, Otis, 1890-1969
label: Names
content: Park, David, 1911-1960
label: Names
content: Piazzoni, Gottardo, 1872-1945
label: Names
content: Price, C. S. (Clayton S.), 1874-1950
label: Names
content: Randolph, Lee F., b. 1880
label: Names
content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
label: Names
content: Scheyer, Galka E.
label: Names
content: St. John, Terry
label: Names
content: Stackpole, Ralph, 1885-1973
label: Names
content: Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
label: Names
content: Stoddart, Edna, d. 1966
label: Names
content: Tobey, Mark
label: Names
content: Van Sloun, Frank J., 1879-1938
label: Names
content: Von Eichman, Bernard J., 1899-1970
label: Names
content: Winkler, John William, 1894-1979
label: Names
content: Wores, Theodore, 1858-1939
label: Names
content: del Mue, Maurice
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Interviews
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: Siegriest, Louis Bassi, 1899-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewer
content: Oliveira, Nathan, 1928-2010
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Louis Siegriest (1899-1989) was a painter from Oakland, California. Full name is Louis Bassi Siegriest.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 45 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975 April 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.siegri75
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Louis B. Siegriest, conducted 1975 April 5, by Paul Karlstrom and Nathan Oliveira, for the Archives of American Art, at Mr. Siegriest's home, in Oakland, California. Siegriest and Oliveira speak of his early career; the Society of Six; and the Bay Area figurative school. He recalls Perham Nahl, Bernard "Red" von Eichman, Bob Howard, Frank Van Sloun, Ruth Armer, Constance Macky, Lee Randolph, John Winkler, Maurice del Mue, Maynard Dixon, Willard Cox, Louis Hughes, Seldon Gile, August Gay, Xavier Martinez, Gottardo Piazzoni, Ralph Stackpole, Theodore Wores, Bill Gaw, William Henry Clapp, Terry St. John, Galka Scheyer, Maurice Logan, C.S. Price, Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Richard Diebenkorn, David Park, Elmer Bischoff, Frank Lobdell, Clifford Still, Diego Rivera, Otis Oldfield, Edna Stoddart, Johan Hagemeyer, and many others.