DeWitt, John, 1910-1984.

Arts administrator; Washington, D.C. As art program director, Bureau of Water Reclamation, Department of the Interior, De Witt invited a number of artists, including Norman Rockwell, Fritz Scholder, and Ralston Crawford, to depict the majesty of reclamation projects in the American West. An exhibition, of their work, THE AMERICAN ARTIST AND WATER RECLAMATION, opened at the National Gallery of Art in 1973 and travelled around the country. For the Bicentennial, as Director of the Visual Arts Program for the Department of the Interior, he organized AMERICA '76, a similar undertaking, hiring some 45 realist painters to depict a diverse range of Americana.

From the description of John DeWitt papers, 1965-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 227191893

John DeWitt (1910-1984) was a wood sculptor and federal arts administrator in Washingon, D.C.

As art program director, Bureau of Water Reclamation, Department of the Interior, De Witt invited a number of artists, including Norman Rockwell, Fritz Scholder, and Ralston Crawford, to depict the majesty of reclamation projects in the American West. An exhibition, of their work, THE AMERICAN ARTIST AND WATER RECLAMATION, opened at the National Gallery of Art in 1973 and travelled around the country. For the Bicentennial, as Director of the Visual Arts Program for the Department of the Interior, he organized AMERICA '76, a similar undertaking, hiring some 45 realist painters to depict a diverse range of Americana.

From the description of John DeWitt papers, 1962-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316039