Oral history interview with Lois Dodd
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 6 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 10 digital wav file. Duration is 6 hr., 9 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Dodd, Lois, 1927-
label: Interviewer
content: Shikler, Barbara
label: Names
content: Club (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Tanager Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Cajori, Charles, 1921-2013
label: Names
content: Katz, Alex, 1927-
label: Names
content: King, William, 1925-2015
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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 John W. Payson.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Dodd, Lois, 1927-
label: Interviewer
content: Shikler, Barbara
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lois Dodd (1927-) is a painter, educator, and founding member of the Tanager Gallery.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 209 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 October 10-November 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dodd88
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 Lois Dodd conducted 1988 October 10-November 7, by Barbara Shikler, for the Archives of American Art. Dodd discusses her family history; her education at Cooper Union; her stays in Rome, Maine, New Jersey, and Louisiana; she recalls the Tanager Gallery, Alex Katz, William King, Charles Cajori, Green Mountain Gallery, and the Club. She discusses the evolution of her subject matter, including her window paintings; her process, and materials. She also recalls exhibitions, her teaching career, and her artist residency in Louisiana.