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Interviewee:
Feitelson, Lorser, 1898-1978  Search this
Interviewer:
McGlynn, Betty Lochrie Hoag  Search this
Subject:
Lundeberg, Helen, 1908-1999  Search this
Federal Art Project (Calif.)  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
California
Physical Description:
3 Sound tape reels, Sound recordings, 3 in.; 42 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Unrelated interviews of David Rose (3/29/65) and Edgar J. Taylor (4/5/65) conducted by B. Hoag are also on one tape. An unrelated interview of Olinka Hrdy (3/65) conducted by B. Hoag is also on one tape.
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Summary:
An interview of Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg conducted 1967 Mar. 17, by Betty Hoag McGlynn, for the Archives of American Art.
Lundberg and Feitelson speak of work they did after their Federal Art Project (FAP) careers ended; exhibitions both participated in; their work with the Los Angeles Art Association; murals they did for the FAP; their work in printmaking for the FAP; some of their colleagues on the FAP; their opinions of the long-term effects of the FAP; the future of government support for the arts; and their mural techniques and materials.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg, 1965 Mar. 17. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Lorser Feitelson (1898-1978) and Helen Lundeberg (1908-1999) were mural painters from California.
Language Note:
English .
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.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration -- California  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13018
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216590
AAA_collcode_feitel65
Theme:
New Deal
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
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