Interview with Lillian Desow-Fishbein
name: label: Creator
content: Desow-Fishbein, Lillian, 1921-2004
label: Interviewer
content: Levin, Blossom
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Jewish art and symbolism
label: Topic
content: Jewish artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1986 by the American Jewish Committee.
creator: label: Creator
content: Desow-Fishbein, Lillian, 1921-2004
label: Interviewer
content: Levin, Blossom
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Chicago, Ill.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes
label: Extent
content: 76 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984 Aug. 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.desolill
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
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 with Lillian Desow-Fishbein conducted 1984 Aug. 8 by Blossom Levin. Desow-Fishbein speaks of her childhood in Detroit; her early studies in fashion design; attending Cranbrook Academy of Art; Judaic themes in her early work; moving to Chicago; how Chicago has influenced her and her work; teaching and her philosophies of education; galleries she has been affiliated with; her charitable and philanthropic activities; influences on her work; and her concerns about the survival of Judaism.