Roland Reiss papers
name: label: Creator
content: Reiss, Roland, 1929-
label: Names
content: Claremont Graduate University School of Arts and Humanities -- Faculty
label: Names
content: Idyllwild School and Museum for the Arts
label: Names
content: University of Colorado -- Faculty
topic: label: Occupation
content: Educators -- California
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2017 by Roland Reiss.
creator: label: Creator
content: Reiss, Roland, 1929-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Roland Reiss (1929- ) is a painter, sculptor, and educator from Los Angeles, California. Reiss is best known for his "miniatures." He taught painting at the University of Colorado and was chair of the art department at Claremont Graduate University (1971-2000). He also served as the director of the Center for the Arts and of "Painting's Edge" at Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.1 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1960-2012
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.reisrola
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, teaching files, administrative files, correspondence, exhibition files, photographs, printed material, audio visual material, born digital media, and works of art regarding the career of painter, sculptor, and educator, Roland Reiss.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes interview transcripts with Reiss. Teaching files regard the University of Colorado and Claremont Graduate University and include lectures, notes, and files about students. Administrative files relate to Idyllwild, juries and other committees Reiss was involved in. Correspondence is both personal and professional. Exhibition files regard Reiss' exhibitions. Photographs and slides are of openings and works of art. Printed material includes exhibition catalogs about Reiss and others (some annotated), announcements and newspaper clippings. Audio visual material includes a VHS tape and three audio cassettes of lectures by Reiss. Born digital media consists of approximately 50 DVDs and CDs and one flash drive of lectures and interviews by Reiss and images of works of art. Works of art include sketches by Reiss.