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Creator:
Gasparro, Frank, 1909-2001  Search this
Shopes, Linda  Search this
Subject:
Curran, Mary  Search this
Donato, Giuseppe  Search this
Artists' Union (Philadelphia, Pa.)  Search this
Federal Art Project (Pa.)  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
4 sound cassettes
Access Note / Rights:
Untranscribed; use requires an appointment.
Summary:
An interview with Frank Gasparro conducted 1990 May 17 by Linda Shopes. Gasparro speaks of his early life including his studies with Giuseppe Donato; struggling through the Depression carving cemetery monuments; his successful application to the Federal Art Project (FAP) and his experiences while working with it; projects he worked on with the FAP and how they were assigned; how the project functioned; relations with other artists; political problems involving the Pennsylvania state director of the FAP, Mary Curran, and the Artists Union; and his subsequent work for the U.S. Mint.
Citation:
Frank Gasparro interview, 1990 May 17. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Sculptor; Pennsylvania. Worked on Federal Art Project in Pennsylvania.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated by the Pennsylvania State Archives, 1991.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Sculptors -- Pennsylvania -- Interviews  Search this
Art and state  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Depressions -- 1929  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10363
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213681
AAA_collcode_gaspfran
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213681