Wehr, Wesley, b. 1929
Author, PainterSeattle, Wash. (Show Bio)
Oral history interview with Wesley C. Wehr, 1983 May 26 - Sept. 22
Sound recording: 8 sound cassettes.
Transcript: 109 p.
An interview of Wesley C. Wehr conducted in Seattle, Wash., 1983 May 26 - Sept. 22, by Martha Kingsbury for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project. Wehr speaks of meeting the artists Morris Graves and Mark Tobey, their fame, their personalities and his relationship with them; his own background and education in music, poetry, paleobotany and painting; the Seattle art scene and changes in it during the 1960s; and important Seattle collectors.
Location of Originals: Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
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.
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