Oral history interview with Viola Patterson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 33 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Patterson, Viola, 1898-1984
label: Interviewer
content: Kingsbury, Martha, 1941-
label: Names
content: Group of Twelve (Seattle, Wash.)
label: Names
content: Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964
label: Names
content: Orozco, José Clemente, 1883-1949
label: Names
content: Patterson, Ambrose, 1877-1966
label: Names
content: Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Patterson, Viola, 1898-1984
label: Interviewer
content: Kingsbury, Martha, 1941-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Viola Patterson (1898-1984) was a painter from Seattle, Wash.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 57 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982 Oct. 22-29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.patter82
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
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Viola Patterson conducted 1982 Oct. 22-29, by Martha Kingsbury, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project, in the artist's home in Seattle, Wash.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Patterson speaks of her education; family background; her early interest in art; studying at the University of Washington art department; the influence of Japanese artists; teaching art to children; her husband, Ambrose Patterson, and his life and career; and working on murals with Jose Clement Orozco and Diego Rivera. She recalls Alexander Archipenko. Patterson was a member of the Seattle area progressive artists' collective known as the "Group of Twelve."