Oral history interview with Janet I. Fish
name: label: Interviewee
content: Fish, Janet, 1938-
label: Interviewer
content: Shikler, Barbara
label: Names
content: Close, Chuck, 1940-
label: Names
content: Katz, Alex, 1927-
label: Names
content: Kornblee, Jill
label: Names
content: Serra, Richard, 1938-
label: Names
content: Vicente, Esteban, 1903-2001
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Feminism and art
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Realism in art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives' 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: Fish, Janet, 1938-
label: Interviewer
content: Shikler, Barbara
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Janet I. Fish (1938-) is a painter from Bermuda and New England. She lives and works in New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 167 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 Jan. 30-Mar. 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fish88
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Janet Fish conducted 1988 Jan. 30-Mar. 2, by Barbara Shikler, for the Archives of American Art. Fish, a New York artist, discusses her family background; growing up in Bermuda; her education at Yale Art School; her techniques, process, and materials; the evolution of her work; realist painting; feminism, and female representaion in the art world. She recalls associations with New York galleries Ours Gallery and 55 Mercer Gallery, as well as artists Richard Serra, Chuck Close, Jill Kornblee, Alex Katz, and Esteban Vicente.