Oral history interview with Amy Freeman Lee
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 19 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Lee, Amy Freeman
label: Interviewer
content: Levy, Sandra Curtis
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art critics -- Texas
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Texas
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Texas
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content: Art criticism
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content: Art, American
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content: Women artists
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content: Women art critics
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content: Women educators
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content: Women painters
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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Lee, Amy Freeman
label: Interviewer
content: Levy, Sandra Curtis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Amy Freeman Lee (1914-2004) was a painter, lecturer, and critic from San Antonio, Texas. Studied at University of Texas, Austin, and Incarnate Word College. She was also active in animal rights causes and served as a national trustee of the Humane Society.
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content: 48 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 Sept. 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lee80
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Sound recordings
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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
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content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Amy Freeman Lee conducted 1980 Sept. 15, by Sandra Curtis Levy, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Lee speaks of her family and youth in Seguin, Texas and San Antonio, Texas; her education; longtime involvement with the University of the Incarnate Word; the development of her interest in art; her philanthropic activities; starting out as a watercolorist; influences on her painting style, including Paul Klee and Asian art. She discusses other interests and her life philosophy; humane ethics; parapsychology; Goethe; Carl Jung; hieroglyphics, and symbology. She also recalls her experiments with neon and sculpture, including Suiseiki; Texas as an artistic community; her associations with Xavier Gonzalez, Betty Parsons Gallery; memberships, boards, and volunteer work.