Oral history interview with Roland C. Petersen
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Petersen, Roland, 1926-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906
label: Names
content: Gogh, Vincent van, 1853-1890
label: Names
content: Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
label: Names
content: Miró, Joan, 1893-
label: Names
content: Obata, Chiura
label: Names
content: White, Minor
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Interviews
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Petersen, Roland, 1926-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Roland Petersen (1926- ) is a painter from Pacifica, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 12 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2002 Sept. 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.peters02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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 of Roland C. Petersen conducted 2002 Sept. 17, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in Petersen's home, in Pacifica, Calif.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Petersen discusses his background, education, and his influences including Stanley William Hayter, Joan Miro, and Minor White, as well as his attraction to Asian brush painting which he learned from Chiuro Obata at Berkeley, Abstract Expressionism and the University of California, Davis. Also discussed are Cezanne's and Van Gogh's techniques.