Oral history interview with LaVerne Krause
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 12 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Krause, LaVerne, 1924-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Kolisch, Marian W.
label: Names
content: Bunce, Louis, 1907-1983
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Oregon -- Portland
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Oregon
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- Oregon -- Portland
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Oregon -- Portland
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
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content: Art, American -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
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: Krause, LaVerne, 1924-1987
label: Interviewer
content: Kolisch, Marian W.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: LaVerne Krause (1924-1987) was a painter, printmaker, and educator from Portland, Or.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 81 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983 Apr. 17-Aug. 18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.krause83
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content: Collection descriptions
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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 LaVerne Krause conducted 1983 Apr. 17-Aug. 18, by Marian W. Kolisch, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project, at the artist's studio, in Portland, Or. Krause speaks of her youth and family background; her education at the University of Oregon; the difficulties in being a parent while trying to pursue an art career; developing her own style and avoiding trends; her economic and personal difficulties; her travels to the Southwest, Europe, and Norway; her involvement in civic and art activities; and the public's changing tastes in art. She recalls Louis Bunce.