Treasury Relief Art Project.
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The Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) was established in 1935 under the Department of the Treasury with special funds allocated from the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration) to decorate those federal buildings not funded by the Section of Fine Arts and as a relief agency for unemployed, but highly competent artists. The Chief of TRAP was Olin Dows, Forbes Watson was Director, and Cecil H. Jones Assistant Chief, later replacing Dows.
From the description of Treasury Relief Art Project selected administrative and business records, 1935-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220180991
The Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) was established in 1935 under the Department of the Treasury with funds allocated from the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration). It operated as a relief agency for unemployed artists and engaged them specifically for the decoration of federal buildings, choosing artists through a system of juried competition.
From the description of Treasury Department Art Projects : painting and sculpture for federal buildings, November seventeen to December thirteen, nineteen hundred thirty-six, Corcoran Gallery of Art / introduction by Forbes Watson, 1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122556998
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Subjects:
- Sculpture, American
- Art and state
- Federal aid to public welfare
- Federal aid to the arts
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- Painting, American
- Painting, Modern
- Public sculpture
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- United States (as recorded)
