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Children's art : Federal Art Project Gallery, Works Progress Administration ..., Dec. 23, 1937 to Jan. 8, 1938

Author:
Federal Art Project New York (N.Y.)  Search this
Federal Art Project Gallery  Search this
Physical description:
14 leaves ; 28 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
United States
Date:
1937
[1937?]
Topic:
Children's art  Search this
Child artists  Search this
Call number:
N352 .C53 1937
N352.C53 1937
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_395378

Agency history, 1954-

Creator:
Archives of American Art  Search this
Subject:
Wattenmaker, Richard J  Search this
Hamilton, Susan A  Search this
Murray, Richard N. 1942-2006  Search this
Woolfenden, William E (William Edward) 1918-1995  Search this
Richardson, Edgar Preston 1902-1985  Search this
Kirwin, Liza  Search this
Smith, John W (John William) 1959-  Search this
Fleckner, John A. 1941-  Search this
Haw, Kate  Search this
Fleishman, Lawrence  Search this
Helmreich, Anne  Search this
United States Farm Security Administration  Search this
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Smithsonian Art Commission  Search this
Boston Public Library Fine Arts Department  Search this
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum American Art Study Center  Search this
Amon Carter Museum of American Art Library  Search this
Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens  Search this
Type:
Mixed archival materials
Place:
United States
Date:
1954
1954-
Topic:
Museum archives  Search this
Art museums  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Artists  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Art--History  Search this
Local number:
SIA AH00018
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_217833

Gustave Von Groschwitz papers, 1935-1938

Creator:
Von Groschwitz, Gustave, 1906-1991  Search this
Federal Art Project.Graphic Arts Division  Search this
Subject:
United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this
United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this
Place:
United States -- Economic conditions -- New York (N.Y.)
Citation:
Gustave Von Groschwitz papers, 1935-1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Graphic arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Theme:
Patronage  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6923
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209052
AAA_collcode_vongros
Theme:
Patronage
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_209052

Oral history interview with Audrey McMahon

Interviewee:
McMahon, Audrey, 1900?-1981  Search this
Interviewer:
Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-  Search this
Creator:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Names:
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this
Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943  Search this
Cahill, Holger, 1887-1960  Search this
Force, Juliana, 1876-1948  Search this
Extent:
41 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1964 Nov. 18
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Audrey McMahon conducted 1964 Nov. 18, by Harlan Phillips, for the Archives of American Art.
McMahon speaks of her pre-Federal Art Project experiences; her early involvement with the WPA; how it functioned; and political problems with the WPA. She recalls Juliana Force, Edward Bruce, Holger Cahill.
Biographical / Historical:
Audry McMahon (1900?-1981) served under Holger Cahill as Regional Director of the WPA Federal Art Project for New York and New Jersey from 1935-1939.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 21 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.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.mcmaho64
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9864ed5b9-a17e-4270-8f11-238311a58054
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-mcmaho64

Oral history interview with F. Wynn Graham

Interviewee:
Graham, F. Wynn  Search this
Interviewer:
Loomis, Sylvia Glidden  Search this
Creator:
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Names:
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project  Search this
Force, Juliana, 1876-1948  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings (1 hour), 7 in.)
25 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound tape reels
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1965 July 22
Scope and Contents:
An interview of F. Wynn Graham conducted 1965 July 22, by Sylvia Loomis, for the Archives of American Art. Graham speaks of her background and her education at the Art Students League; working on lithography at the Harlem Arts Center; joining the WPA Federal Art Project (FAP) in 1935; working on the easel painting project; the Artists' Union; the effects of the FAP on her career and on art; and her post-FAP career. She recalls Juliana Force.
Biographical / Historical:
F. Wynn Graham is a painter and printmaker in Queens, N.Y. She painted for the Federal Art Project.
General:
An unrelated interview of Donald B. Goodall (7/8/65) conducted by S. Loomis is also on this tape.
Provenance:
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.
Occupation:
Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Painters -- New York (State)  Search this
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.graham65
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw98ebf3593-9efd-44ba-8ec0-34e100175f2c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-graham65
Online Media:

Lou Block papers

Creator:
Block, Lou, 1895-1969  Search this
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Names:
American Artists' Congress  Search this
Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Index of American Design  Search this
Extent:
47 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
Date:
1936-1938
Scope and Contents:
Papers relating to Block's involvement as a supervisor in the WPA Federal Art Project New York City office and as a member of the Artists Congress.
Frames 825-889: Photographs of murals in New York City, many unidentified, and photographs of strike and picketing by Artists' Union [microfilm title WPA-FAP, New York].
Frames 1013-1300: Correspondence and memoranda regarding rejection of murals for the Harlem Hospital by black artists, and charges of racism and segregation in the FAP; memos and reports by Block on the Index of American Design in New York City, including a roster of master artists on the Index; memos relating to cutbacks and quotas on the FAP; memos from the Supervisors Association of the FAP; Artists Congress report to membership, November 1936; issues of AMERICAN ARTIST; Index of American Design exhibition catalogs; and other printed material.
Biographical / Historical:
Administrator, Federal Art Project; New York, N.Y.
Provenance:
Lent for microfilming 1965 by Louis Block.
Restrictions:
The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.
Occupation:
Arts administrators  Search this
Topic:
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Federal aid to public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
African American artists  Search this
Identifier:
AAA.bloclou
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9d5caddec-4ac5-4b13-9943-81bbd8cff10c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-bloclou

William Karp photographs, [ca.1937-1938]

Creator:
Karp, William, 1905-  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Public Works of Art Project  Search this
Citation:
William Karp photographs, [ca.1937-1938]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Muralists  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)5699
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208535
AAA_collcode_karpwill
Theme:
New Deal
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208535

Greta Berman writings, 1977

Creator:
Berman, Greta  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Citation:
Greta Berman writings, 1977. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Women educators  Search this
Women art historians  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)5926
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208767
AAA_collcode_bermgret
Theme:
Women
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208767

Lucienne Bloch photographs of murals, 1934-1937

Creator:
Bloch, Lucienne, 1909-1999  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Citation:
Lucienne Bloch photographs of murals, 1934-1937. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women photographers  Search this
Women designers  Search this
New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this
Art and state  Search this
Mural painting and decoration  Search this
Federal aid to the public welfare  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Women muralists  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
New Deal  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6739
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208864
AAA_collcode_blocluci
Theme:
Women
New Deal
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208864

Lou Block papers, 1936-1938

Creator:
Block, Lou, 1895-1969  Search this
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Subject:
Index of American Design  Search this
Artists' Union (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
American Artists' Congress  Search this
Place:
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945
Citation:
Lou Block papers, 1936-1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Federal aid to public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
African American artists  Search this
Theme:
African American  Search this
New Deal  Search this
Patronage  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6746
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)208871
AAA_collcode_bloclou
Theme:
African American
New Deal
Patronage
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_208871

Ralph Gutieri photographs, [ca. 1930-1940]

Creator:
Gutieri, Ralph  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Citation:
Ralph Gutieri photographs, [ca. 1930-1940]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Theme:
Photography  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8278
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210449
AAA_collcode_gutiralp
Theme:
Photography
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210449

Lincoln Rothschild papers, 1920-1982

Creator:
Rothschild, Lincoln, 1902-1983  Search this
Subject:
Halpert, Edith Gregor  Search this
Miller, Kenneth Hayes  Search this
Davis, Charles H. (Charles Harold)  Search this
Greenbaum, Dorothea S.  Search this
Mangravite, Peppino  Search this
Piccoli, Girolamo  Search this
Schmidt, Katherine  Search this
Starr, Theodore  Search this
Von Groschwitz, Gustave  Search this
Winchester, Alice  Search this
Woodhouse, Betty Burroughs  Search this
Archer, Edmund  Search this
Cahill, Holger  Search this
Coffey, Katherine  Search this
Index of American Design  Search this
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Sketchbooks
Citation:
Lincoln Rothschild papers, 1920-1982. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Federal aid to public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Theme:
Sketches & Sketchbooks  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8335
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210507
AAA_collcode_rothlinc
Theme:
Sketches & Sketchbooks
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210507

Vincent Spagna papers, 1935-1947

Creator:
Spagna, Vincent, 1898-  Search this
Subject:
Artist's Cultural Society (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Citation:
Vincent Spagna papers, 1935-1947. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Children's art  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)8664
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)210844
AAA_collcode_spagvinc
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_210844

Joseph Vogel photographs, 1931-1964

Creator:
Vogel, Joseph, 1911-1995  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Citation:
Joseph Vogel photographs, 1931-1964. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration -- New York N.Y. -- Photographs  Search this
Muralists  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9452
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211650
AAA_collcode_vogejose
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211650

Raphael Doktor papers, 1931-1942

Creator:
Doktor, Raphael, 1902-1995  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this
United States. Work Projects Administration  Search this
Citation:
Raphael Doktor papers, 1931-1942. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Federal aid to public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Mural painting and decoration -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9797
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212235
AAA_collcode_doktraph
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212235

Geoffrey Norman papers relating to the Federal Art Project, 1934-1940

Creator:
Norman, Geoffrey, 1899-  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
National Society of Mural Painters (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Fine Arts Federation of New York  Search this
Place:
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- New York (N.Y.)
United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- New York (N.Y.)
Citation:
Geoffrey Norman papers relating to the Federal Art Project, 1934-1940. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Federal aid to public welfare -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
Muralists  Search this
Theme:
Patronage  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9818
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212278
AAA_collcode_normgeof
Theme:
Patronage
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212278

Ted Egri photographs of work for the Federal Art Project, 1938

Creator:
Egri, Ted, 1913-2010  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Brooklyn College  Search this
Citation:
Ted Egri photographs of work for the Federal Art Project, 1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Federal aid to the arts -- New York N.Y. -- Photographs  Search this
Federal aid to the public welfare -- New York N.Y. -- Photographs  Search this
Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York -- Photographs  Search this
Mural painting and decoration, American -- Photographs  Search this
Theme:
New Deal  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9835
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212310
AAA_collcode_egritedp
Theme:
New Deal
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212310

F. Wynn Graham papers, 1937-1941

Creator:
Graham, F. Wynn  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
United American Artists  Search this
United Office and Professional Workers of America  Search this
Place:
United States -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945 -- New York (N.Y.)
United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945 -- New York (N.Y.)
Citation:
F. Wynn Graham papers, 1937-1941. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art and state -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
New Deal, 1933-1939  Search this
Federal aid to the arts  Search this
Federal aid to public welfare  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women painters  Search this
Women printmakers  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9858
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212356
AAA_collcode_grahf
Theme:
Women
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_212356

Bernhard H. Berntsen papers, 1931-1987

Creator:
Berntsen, Bernhard H. (Bernhard Hilmar), 1900-1992  Search this
Subject:
Suzuki, Sakari  Search this
Rivera, Diego  Search this
Kahlo, Frida  Search this
Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Norwegian Art and Craft Club (Brooklyn, N.Y.)  Search this
United States. Works Progress Administration  Search this
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Willard Parker Hospital (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Citation:
Bernhard H. Berntsen papers, 1931-1987. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Mural painting and decoration, American  Search this
Art museum attendance -- Pictorial works  Search this
Norwegian American artists  Search this
Theme:
Diaries  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6423
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)215507
AAA_collcode_bernbern
Theme:
Diaries
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_215507

Changing New York / Berenice Abbott, 1936-1938

Creator:
Abbott, Berenice, 1898-1991  Search this
Subject:
Federal Art Project (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Photographs
Citation:
Changing New York / Berenice Abbott, 1936-1938. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Women photographers  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Photography  Search this
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)6226
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216533
AAA_collcode_abbobere
Theme:
Women
Photography
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_216533

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