Wood, Beatrice, b. 1893 d. 1998

Author, Ceramicist, Educator
Calif. (Show Bio)

Beatrice Wood interview, 1992 March 2

Sound recording: 3 sound cassettes (2 hours 15 min.)
Transcript: 48 p. Audio excerpt: 1 sound file (4 min. 18 sec.) : digital

An interview with Beatrice Wood conducted by Paul Karlstrom for the Archives of American Art, Women in the Arts in Southern California Oral History Project.

Wood speaks of her memories of Gertrud & Otto Natzler and getting involved with ceramics; the future of art in America; and women in art.

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 Margery and Harry Kahn Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund of New York.

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Also in the Archives:

• Beatrice Wood collection from the Santa Barbara Museum of Art registrarial files, [ca. 1916]-1967
• Beatrice Wood papers from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, [ca. 1940]-1990
• Beatrice Wood papers, 1852-1998
• Beatrice Wood letter to Anna Bing Arnold, 1973 Apr. 30
• Oral history interview with Beatrice Wood, 1976 Aug. 26