Oral history interview with Susan Crile
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 30 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Crile, Susan, 1942-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Alloway, Lawrence, 1926-1990
label: Names
content: Feeley, Paul, 1910-1966
label: Names
content: Greenberg, Clement, 1909-1994
label: Names
content: Olitski, Jules, 1922-2007
label: Names
content: Smith, Tony, 1912-1980
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Crile, Susan, 1942-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Susan Crile (1942-) is a painter from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 101 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 August 1-3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.crile72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
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: Interview of Susan Crile conducted 1972 August 1-3, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Crile speaks of her family background; having polio and problems with her eyesight; her education at Connecticut College, Bennington College, and New York University; art criticism; her teachers, including Lawrence Alloway, Paul Feeley, Jules Olitski, Tony Smith, and Esteban Vicente; Clement Greenberg's theories and relationships with artists; forming a discussion group with painters, poets, and musicians; working in pastel; her still lifes and "rug paintings"; color; and the artist's need for emotional support.