Oral history interview with Buffie Johnson
name: label: Interviewee
content: Johnson, Buffie
label: Interviewer
content: Shikler, Barbara
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Rothko Chapel (Houston, Tex.)
label: Names
content: Goossen, E. C.
label: Names
content: Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974
label: Names
content: Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979
label: Names
content: Krasner, Lee, 1908-1984
label: Names
content: Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970
label: Names
content: Putzel, Howard, 1898-1945
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
label: Names
content: Smith, Tony, 1912-1980
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Painting, Abstract
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
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content: Women muralists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview was conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and his Times oral history project, with funding provided by the Mark Rothko Foundation.
label: Provenance
content: Others interviewed on the project (by various interviewers) include: Sonia Allen, Sally Avery, Ben-Zion, Bernard Braddon, Ernest Briggs, Rhys Caparn, Elaine de Kooning, Herbert Ferber, Esther Gottlieb, Juliette Hays, Sidney Janis, Jacob Kainen, Louis Kaufman, Jack Kufeld, Katharine Kuh, Stanley Kunitz, Joseph Liss, Dorothy Miller, Betty Parsons, Wallace Putnam, Rebecca Reis, Maurice Roth, Sidney Schectman, Aaron Siskind, Joseph Solman, Hedda Sterne, Jack Tworkov, Esteban Vicente and Ed Weinstein. Each has been cataloged separately.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Johnson, Buffie
label: Interviewer
content: Shikler, Barbara
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Buffie Johnson (1912-2006) was a painter from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Cassettes (Sound recording, analog.)
label: Extent
content: 16 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982 Nov. 13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.johnso82
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Cassettes
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on-line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Buffie Johnson conducted 1982 Nov. 13, by Barbara Shikler, for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Johnson talks about her friendship with Rothko, recalling their meeting in 1942 or 1943; introducing Rothko to Peggy Guggenheim; Rothko's philosophical interests; a visit to Rothko's studio shortly before his death; the women in his life; and the Houston chapel paintings. She recalls Howard Putzel, Peggy Guggenheim, Barney Newman, Adolf Gottlieb, Gene Goossen, Tony Smith, Lee Krasner, and others.