Oral history interview with Irene Rice Pereira
name: label: Creator
content: Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice), 1902-1971
label: Interviewer
content: Selvig, Forrest
label: Names
content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women authors
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: Creator
content: Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice), 1902-1971
label: Interviewer
content: Selvig, Forrest
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Irene Rice Pereira (1902-1971) was a painter, writer, and educator in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 123 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968 August 26-27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pereir68
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Item is a transcript.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Location of original tape unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Irene Rice Pereira conducted 1968 August 26-27, by Forrest Selvig, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Pereira speaks of her family background and youth in Boston and Great Barrington, Massachusetts; the Art Students League; travels to Europe and Africa; her theories on light; the relationship between her poetry and her painting; the importance of dreams on her work; painting on glass; difficulties with the Museum of Modern Art; efforts to counter current art trends; abstract expressionism.