Bernadine Stetzel Oral History
Object number2011.001.0058
Date07/07/2011
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject
Bernadine Stetzel
Oral history interviewer
Stephen Fagin
Oral history interviewer
Megan Bryant
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
Dimensions87 Minutes
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Bernadine Stetzel. An American painter, quilt maker and woodcarver, Stetzel specializes in naive or primitive art. Beginning in 1968, she responded to the Kennedy assassination by creating a series of seventy-one paintings that depict the life and death of President Kennedy.
Interview conducted at Ms. Stetzel's home on July 7, 2011 by Associate Curator Stephen Fagin with Director of Collections and Intellectual Property Megan Bryant. The interview is one hour and twenty-seven minutes long.
Curatorial CommentaryA selection of Stetzel's Kennedy paintings went on display at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza as a "Collections Spotlight" in March 2012. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator
