Oral history interview with William Ivey
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ivey, William, 1919-1992
label: Interviewer
content: Johns, Barbara
label: Names
content: Bunce, Louis, 1907-1983
label: Names
content: Corley, Ward
label: Names
content: Gilkey, Richard C. (Richard Charles), 1925-
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
label: Names
content: Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
topic: label: Topic
content: Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Northwestern States
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews
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: Ivey, William, 1919-1992
label: Interviewer
content: Johns, Barbara
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: William Ivey (1919-1992) was a painter from Seattle, Wash.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 75 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983 May 24-31
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ivey83
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
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
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 William Ivey conducted 1983 May 24-31, by Barbara Johns, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project,
label: Scope and Contents
content: This interview took place at the artist's studio in Seattle, Wash. Ivey speaks of his family background and education, including law school; studying at the California School of Fine Arts; studying under Clyfford Still and Mark Rothko; working at the Seattle Art Museum and the Henry Gallery; working as artist-in-residence at Reed College; founding the Artists' Gallery (Seattle, Wash.); exhibiting at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Gallery Arnaud in Paris and the Seattle Art Museum; collectors of his work; his methods and style; the current art scene; and his future plans. He recalls Ward Corley, Louis Bunce, Richard Gilkey and others.