Oral history interview with Sue Fuller
name: label: Interviewee
content: Fuller, Sue, 1914-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Carnegie Institute of Technology -- Students
label: Names
content: Columbia University. Teachers College -- Students
label: Names
content: Society of American Etchers
label: Names
content: Albers, Josef
label: Names
content: Arms, John Taylor, 1887-1953
label: Names
content: D'Amico, Victor, 1904-1987
label: Names
content: Dewey, John, 1859-1952
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
label: Names
content: Lejwa, Madeleine Chalette, 1913-1996
label: Names
content: Matta, 1912-2002
label: Names
content: Rattner, Abraham
label: Names
content: Schaefer, Bertha, 1895-1971
label: Names
content: Schanker, Louis, 1903-1981
label: Names
content: Thurn, Ernest
place: label: Place
content: Europe -- description and travel
label: Place
content: Japan -- Description and Travel
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- Southhampton
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- Southhampton
label: Topic
content: Art -- Study and teaching
label: Topic
content: Calligraphy -- Study and teaching
label: Topic
content: Computer Art
label: Topic
content: Painting -- Study and teaching
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Technique -- Study and teaching
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
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: Fuller, Sue, 1914-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sue Fuller (1914-2006) was a sculptor and printmaker from Southampton, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Items (Sound recording: 6 sound files, digital, wav file)
label: Extent
content: 94 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: System Details
content: Originally recorded on 3 tape reels (5 in.).
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975 April 24-May 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fuller75
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
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: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Sue Fuller, conducted on April 24, 1975, April 30, 1975, and May 8, 1975, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, at the home of Sue Fuller, in Southampton, New York.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Fuller speaks of her family and childhood in Pittsburgh, including art teachers and friends; her childhood painting lessons; her education in prep school, at Carnegie Tech, and at Columbia Teachers' College; her travels to Europe and Japan; her use of plastics; her work as a teacher, commercial artist, and assistant in Bill Hayter's studio; the influence of John Dewey's philosophy on her teaching style; training with Ernest Thurn, Hans Hofmann, Josef Albers; learning printmaking and calligraphy; the Society of American Etchers; the influence of science and mathematics on her work; and her thoughts on contemporary computer art. Fuller also recalls Bertha Schaefer, Victor D'Amico, Madeleine Lejwa, John Taylor Arms, Abraham Rattner, Louis Schanker, Roberto Matta, and others.