Oral history interview with Jane Freilicher

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.

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Collection Overview ...... 1 Administrative Information ...... 1 Scope and Contents...... 1 Scope and Contents...... 1 Biographical / Historical...... 1 Names and Subjects ...... 1 Container Listing ...... Oral history interview with Jane Freilicher AAA.freili87

Collection Overview

Repository: Archives of American Art

Title: Oral history interview with Jane Freilicher

Identifier: AAA.freili87

Date: 1987 Aug. 4-5

Creator: Freilicher, Jane, 1924- (Interviewee) Shikler, Barbara (Interviewer)

Extent: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording) 79 Pages (Transcript)

Language: English .

Digital Audio: Oral history interview with Jane Freilicher, 1987 Aug. 4-5, Digital Content: Sound Recording (Excerpt)

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information 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.

Biographical / Historical

Jane Freilicher (1924- ) is a painter from New York, N.Y.

Scope and Contents

An interview of Jane Freilicher conducted 1987 Aug. 4-5, by Barbara Shikler, for the Archives of American Art.

Scope and Contents

Freilicher speaks of her family background; her friendships with , , and ; studying with ; making avant-garde movies; inspirations for her work; her methods.

Names and Subject Terms

This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms:

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Subjects: Women artists Women painters Women printmakers

Types of Materials: Interviews Sound recordings

Names: Ashbery, John, 1927- Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966 Koch, Kenneth, 1925- Porter, Fairfield

Occupations: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York

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