Oral History interview with Miyoko Ito
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 tape reel (5 in.).
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ito, Miyoko, 1918-1983
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
label: Names
content: Art Institute of Chicago
label: Names
content: Ox-Bow Summer School of Painting
label: Names
content: Smith College
label: Names
content: Baum, Don, 1922-
label: Names
content: Berdich, Vera, 1915-2003
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content: Chapin, Francis, 1899-1965
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content: Cohen, George, 1913-1980
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content: Edmondson, Leonard, 1916-
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content: Haley, John, 1905-1991
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content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
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content: Johnston, Ynez, 1920-
label: Names
content: Kahn, Max, 1903-2005
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content: Lanyon, Ellen
label: Names
content: Loran, Erle, 1905-1999
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content: Mitchell, Joan, 1926-1992
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content: Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946
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content: Ryder, Worth Allen, 1884-1960
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content: Venturi, Lionello, 1885-1961
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Chicago -- Illinois
label: Topic
content: Art, American
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content: Asian American art
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content: Asian American artists
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content: Asian American painters
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content: Japanese American art
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content: Japanese American artists
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content: Japanese American painting
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content: Women artists
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content: Women painters
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content: Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment -- 1942-1945
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: Ito, Miyoko, 1918-1983
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Miyoko Ito (1918-1983) was a Japanese American painter based in Chicago, Illinois.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (Sound recording: 2 sound files, digital, wav file)
label: Extent
content: 41 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978 July 20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ito78
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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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: An interview of Miyoko Ito conducted 1978 July 20, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Ito discusses her family background; being in Japan at an early age, attending school and learning calligraphy; returning to California in 1928; excelling in drawing and painting; attending Berkeley High School; studying watercolor at Berkeley School of Water Color; studying under Erle Loran, Worth Ryder, John Haley; the influence of Hans Hofmann; being in internment camp (Camp Rann); attending Smith College, Northampton to study painting under instructor George Cohen; attending the Art Institue of Chicago and meeting Francis Chapin and Joan Mitchell; being influenced by Bonnard; moving into lithography at Oxbow; studying under Max Kahn; doing printmaking and etching; and participating in the Momentum Shows. Ito mentions Ynez Johnston, Leonard Edmondson, Lionel Venturi, Ellen Lanyon, Don Baum, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and Vera Berdich.