Oral history interview with Helena Hernmarck : oral history, 1987.

Biographical Note

Fiber artist.

Scope and Contents

Early childhood in Sweden, move to England in 1955; Swedish State School of Art, Craft, and Design, 1959; move to Montreal; exhibition of work at EXPO '67 and in subsequent tour of the United States; process of pricing and commissioning work; views on commissioned art; impressions of Edna Martin, Philip Johnson, and I.M. Pei.

Subjects

• Art commissions.
• Hernmarck, Helena, 1941---Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Polsky, Richard M., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Sweden--Description and travel.
• Textile crafts.
• Weavers--Interviews.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1987.