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Interviewee:
Chavez, Edward Arcenio, 1917-1995  Search this
Interviewer:
Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983  Search this
Creator:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Names:
Federal Art Project  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Treasury Relief Art Project  Search this
Extent:
5 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1964 November 5
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Edward Chavez conducted 1964 November 5, in Woodstock, New York, by Joseph Trovato for the Archives of American Art.
Chavez speaks of the development of his interest in art; working for the Treasury Relief Art Project, and later the WPA Federal Art Project; murals he did for the WPA in high schools and post offices; his post-war paintings and the change in his style; and his feelings about federal support for the arts.
Biographical / Historical:
Edward Chavez (1917-1995) is a painter, mural painter, and sculptor from Woodstock, New York.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 20 min.
Provenance:
This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Topic:
Painters -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- Interviews  Search this
Muralists -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- Interviews  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Latino and Latin American artists  Search this
Sculptors -- New York (State) -- Woodstock -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.chavez64
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw925340034-910d-4f61-a617-7a53b60a0877
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-chavez64