Oral history interview with Ilse Bischoff
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 56 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bischoff, Ilse, 1901-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.) -- Students
label: Names
content: Parsons School of Design -- Students
label: Names
content: Cadmus, Paul, 1904-1999
label: Names
content: French, Jared, 1905-1988
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content: Read, Helen Appleton, 1897-1974
label: Names
content: Zorach, William, 1887-1966
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Collectors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Women artists
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: Interviewee
content: Bischoff, Ilse, 1901-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ilse Bischoff (1901-1990) was an illustrator, painter, and collector. Birthdate also cited as 1903. Full name Ilse Marthe Bischoff. Born in New York City, Bischoff studied at the Art Students League and in Europe. Later, she worked as an illustrator of childrens' books and collected German porcelain.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 26 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982 January 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bischo82
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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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 of Ilse Bischoff conducted 1982 January 27, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Bischoff speaks of her upbringing in a wealthy German family in New York; her study of costume design in Paris and at the Parsons School of Design, New York City; her training at the Art Students League, and with William Zorach. She recalls her friendships with Helen Appleton Read, Paul Cadmus and Jared French.