Oral history interview with Paulus Berensohn, 2009 Mar. 20-21
Berensohn, Paulus,
b. 1933
Author, Ceramicist, Poet
Penland, N.C.
Size: Sound recording, master: 7 sound files (4 hr., 13 min.) : digital, wav file
Collection Summary: An interview of Paulus Berensohn conducted 2009 March 20-21, by Mark Shapiro, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Berensohn's home and studio, in Penland, N.C.
Biographical/Historical Note: Paulus Berensohn (1933- ) is an artist who works in clay and fiber, a poet, and author in Penland, N.C. Mark Shapiro (1955- ) is executive director of Lumina Art Gallery in N.Y.
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art 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 administrators.
Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
