Oral history interview with Rudy Autio
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 27 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Autio, Rudy, 1926-2007
label: Interviewer
content: Harrington, LaMar, 1917-2005
label: Names
content: Bray, Archie
label: Names
content: Voulkos, Peter, 1924-2002
topic: label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Ceramics
label: Topic
content: Sculpture, American -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Ceramicists -- Montana -- Missoula -- Interviews
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content: Sculptors -- Montana -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Autio, Rudy, 1926-2007
label: Interviewer
content: Harrington, LaMar, 1917-2005
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Rudy Autio (1926-2007) was a sculptor and ceramicist from Missoula, Montana.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 99 Pages (Transcript)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Audio excerpt: 1 sound file (3 min. 33 sec.), digital)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983 October 10-1984 January 28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.autio83
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Rudy Autio conducted 1983 October 10-1984 January 28, by LaMar Harrington, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project. Autio speaks of growing up in Butte, Montana; his first art experiences; his education at Montana State College; his Navy service; working for Archie Bray, a brickmaker; working in carved brick and chimney pots; his interest in Indian customs; working with Peter Voulkos, and Voulkos' style; abstract expressionism; the importance of universities, organizations, and publications to ceramic art; going to Helsinki and learning about Finnish crafts; his thoughts on architectural art; his work methods; and his work in porcelain.