Creator:

Danysh, Joseph A., 1906-1982  Search this

Subject:

Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this

Place of publication, production, or execution:

Other

Physical Description:

0.2 Linear feet, (ca. 250 p.)

Access Note / Rights:

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Summary:

Typescript of Danysh's unpublished reminiscences regarding his experiences in the 1930s as Western Regional Director of the WPA Federal Art Project. Notes and drafts are also included. Danysh provides candid portraits of many WPA artists and administrators.

Citation:

Federal art : a memoir of the thirties, circa 1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Biography Note:

Died 1984.

Language Note:

English .

Provenance:

Donated 1988 by Elizabeth D. Danysh, Danysh's widow.

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Topic:

Art and state  Search this

Federal aid to the arts -- California  Search this

Theme:

Lives of artists  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)10808

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)214542

AAA_collcode_danyjose

Theme:

Lives of artists

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_214542