Oral history interview with Ida Kohlmeyer
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Kohlmeyer, Ida, 1912-1997
label: Interviewer
content: Berman, Avis
label: Names
content: Glade, Luba B.
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
label: Names
content: Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
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content: Sweeney, James Johnson, 1900-
label: Names
content: Trivigno, Pat, 1922-
label: Names
content: White, Ruth, 1911-1996
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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. Funding for this interview provided by the Lannan Foundation.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Kohlmeyer, Ida, 1912-1997
label: Interviewer
content: Berman, Avis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ida Kohlmeyer (1912-1997) was a painter and sculptor from New Orleans, Louisiana.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 165 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989 May 17-20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kohlme89
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
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: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Ida Kohlmeyer conducted 1989 May 17-20, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Kohlmeyer discusses how she became an artist, her training, her family, her Jewish upbringing, the New Orleans art scene, her teaching and students, her painting, her work in sculpture, the "Clusters," "Semiotics" and "Circus" series, and the "Krewe of Poydras" sculpture. She discusses her inspirations, subject matter, process, and materials, including working with assistants. She also discusses competitions and commissions. She recalls Pat Trivigno, Mark Rothko, Hans Hofmann, Clyfford Still, James Johnson Sweeney, Luba Glade, Simonne Stern, Orleans Gallery and Ruth White Gallery.