Oral history interview with Ruth Armer
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 39 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Armer, Ruth, 1896-1977
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Bellows, George, 1882-1925
label: Names
content: Henri, Robert, 1865-1929
label: Names
content: Sloan, John, 1871-1951
label: Names
content: Stein, Leo, 1872-1947
label: Names
content: Weber, Max, 1881-1961
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Collectors
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women art collectors
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: Armer, Ruth, 1896-1977
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ruth Armer (1896-1977) was a painter and art collector from San Francisco, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 62 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974 August 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.armer74
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
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 Ruth Armer conducted 1974 August 14, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art. Armer speaks of her early interest in art; her education; moving to New York City in 1918; studying at the Art Students League under John Sloan, Robert Henri and George Bellows, and the influences of Leo Stein and Max Weber. She discusses her early work in portrait painting; returning to San Francisco and working as a commercial artist; becoming a teacher; and her opinions of San Francisco art and the art market.