Oral history interview with William Ivey, 1983 May 24-31

Object Details

Place of publication, production, or execution

Washington (State)

Physical Description

Sound recording: 6 Sound cassettes; 75 Pages, Transcript

Summary

An interview of William Ivey conducted 1983 May 24-31, by Barbara Johns, for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project,

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.

Citation

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with William Ivey, 1983 May 24-31. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Location of Originals

Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.

Funding

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Biography Note

William Ivey (1919-1992) was a painter from Seattle, Wash.

Language Note

English .

Provenance

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.

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Record number

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11848

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212436

AAA_collcode_ivey83

interviewee

Ivey, William, 1919-1992

interviewer

Johns, Barbara

Subject

Bunce, Louis

Corley, Ward

Gilkey, Richard C. (Richard Charles)

Rothko, Mark

Still, Clyfford

Type

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic

Artists -- Northwestern States -- Interviews

Art, Modern -- Northwestern States

Art, American -- Northwestern States

Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews

Record ID

AAADCD_oh_212436

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