Oral history interview with Isabel Bishop
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav files. Duration is 46 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988
label: Interviewer
content: Morse, John D., 1906-
label: Names
content: Miller, Kenneth Hayes, 1876-1952
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Book illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
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: Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988
label: Interviewer
content: Morse, John D., 1906-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Isabel Bishop (1902-1988) was a painter in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959 May 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bishop59may
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 Isabel Bishop conducted by John D. Morse on 1959 May 29 for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Bishop speaks of her painting materials and methods including the preparation of canvases, types and qualities of paint, permanence, underpainting, varnishes, and subject matter. Bishop also describes the methods of Kenneth Hayes Miller.