Oral history interview with Charles E. Heaney

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Identifier: SR 77

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Oral history interview with Charles E. Heaney

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Scope and Contents

This oral history interview with Charles E. Heaney was conducted by Priscilla Carrasco in four sessions from August 2-27, 1981. During digitization of the audio recording in 2021, Tape 1, Side 1, was found to be blank; however, the content of that portion of the interview is included in the interview transcript.

In this interview, Heaney discusses studying art at the Museum Art School in Portland, Oregon, in the late 1910s, and talks about working at the Brandenburg Engraving Company. He speaks about his artistic process and about working with casein paint. He discusses his friendship with Oregon artist C. S. Price, and the artwork of fellow painter Arthur Runquist. He discusses his experiences traveling in Southern Oregon during the 1920s, particularly in the town of Denio, and talks about how those experiences influenced his art. He looks at paintings he made and discusses them.

Dates

Creation: 1981 August 2-27

Creator

Heaney, Charles, 1897-1981 (Interviewee, Person)
Carrasco, Priscilla (Interviewer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Joint copyright for this interview is held by the estates of Priscilla Carrasco and Charles Heaney. Use is allowed according to the following statement: In Copyright - https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Biographical note

Charles Edward Heaney was born near Onconto Falls, Wisconsin, in 1897. In 1913, he moved with his mother and sister to Portland, Oregon. He later studied at the Museum Art School, now known as the Pacific Northwest College of Art, and worked for the Brandenburg Engraving Company. He painted landscapes, urban architecture, and rural towns in Oregon. In 1947, he was selected for an exhibition called "Ten Northwest Artists," and in 1952, the Portland Art Museum presented a 20-year retrospective show of his work. Heaney died in 1981.

Sources: Information provided by Heaney in his interview and in an additional oral history, SR 9327, https://digitalcollections.ohs.org/sr-9327-oral-history-interview-with-charles-e-heaney, also held at the Oregon Historical Society Research Library; "Charles Edward Heaney," by Richard Hull, Oregon Encyclopedia, https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/heaney_charles_edward/

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (5 audiocassettes (3 hr., 50 min., 11 sec.) + transcript (79 pages))

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Oral history interview with Charles E. Heaney conducted by Priscilla Carrasco from August 2-27, 1981. Heaney discusses his artistic process and his friendship with Oregon artist C. S. Price, and talks about some of his paintings while viewing them.