Oral history interview with Jay DeFeo
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav file. Duration is 6 hr., 7 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: University of California, Berkeley -- Students
label: Names
content: Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008
label: Names
content: Francis, Sam, 1923-1994
label: Names
content: Gechtoff, Sonia, 1926-2018
label: Names
content: Hopps, Walter
label: Names
content: Martin, Fred, 1927-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco
label: Occupation
content: Photographers -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women photographers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: DeFeo, Jay, 1929-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jay DeFeo (1929-1989) was a painter and photographer from the San Francisco Bay area, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 83 Pages (Transcript)
label: Extent
content: 1 Item (sound file (10 min. 21 sec.) Audio excerpt, digital)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975 June 3-1976 January 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.defeo75
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 Jay DeFeo conducted 1975 June 3-1976 January 23, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: The interviews took place at DeFeo's home, in Larkspur, California. DeFeo speaks of her family background; the influences of her teachers; her education at the University of California at Berkeley; her friendships with Sam Francis and Fred Martin; working in Italy; jewelry making; the San Francisco arts community in the 1950s; her exhibitions; and her painting, "The Rose". She recalls Bruce Conner, Sonia Gechtoff, and Walter Hopps.