United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts.

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Established 1934 under the Treasury Department as the Section of Painting and Sculpture. Name changed to Section of Fine Arts in 1938. In 1939, the Federal Works Agency was established and set up the Public Buildings Administration, which combined the Treasury Department's Public Buildings Branch and the Branch of Public Buildings of the National Park Service. The Section's function was to decorate new federal buildings. Unlike the other New Deal art agencies, it was not a relief project, but awarded contracts through a juried system of competition.

From the description of Exhibition : 200 American Watercolors / by the Section of Fine Arts, 1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122514893

Both the PWAP and the Section of Fine Arts were federally aided art programs instituted during the Depression.

The PWAP was the first program to attempt to alleviate unemployment among artists. It lasted from December 1933 to June 1934. Its successor, the Section of Fine Arts, aimed to decorate federal buildings via juried competitions to which artists submitted designs for selection.

From the description of PWAP and Treasury Section bulletins, 1934-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122571356

Established 1934 under the Treasury Department as the Section of Painting and Sculpture. Name changed in 1938 to Section of Fine Arts. In 1939, the Federal Works Agency was established and set up the Public Buildings Administration, which combined the Treasury Department's Public Buildings Branch and the Branch of Public Buildings of the National Park Service. The Section's function was to decorate new federal buildings. Unlike the other New Deal art agencies, it was not a relief project, but awarded contracts through a juried system of competition.

From the description of Section of Fine Arts selected records, 1934-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370513

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Section of Fine Arts selected administrative records and correspondence Archives of American Art
referencedIn Federal art program papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry L. Hopkins Archives of American Art
referencedIn Andrew Winter scrapbooks Archives of American Art
creatorOf Adele S. Brown papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Nicolai Cikovsky papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Kenneth Miller Adams papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Wendell Jones papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn George Biddle papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Albert Pels papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Albert Kotin papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Emil J. Bisttram papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Wilbur D. Peat papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Amy Jones papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Exhibition : 200 American Watercolors / by the Section of Fine Arts Archives of American Art
creatorOf William C. Palmer papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Olive Rush papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Section of Fine Arts selected administrative records and correspondence Archives of American Art
referencedIn Francis V. O'Connor papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Raymond Jonson papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn James Brooks and Charlotte Park papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Karl Oberteuffer papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Clarence Holbrook Carter papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Douglas C. Nicholson photographs of mural Archives of American Art
creatorOf PWAP and Treasury Section bulletins Archives of American Art
referencedIn A survey of art work in the city and county of San Francisco, / by Martin Snipper for the art commission, city and county of San Francisco Archives of American Art
referencedIn Natalie S. Henry and Rowena Fry papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Robert Franklin Gates papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn PWAP Region 15 (Calif.) records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Edward Beatty Rowan papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn William E. L. Bunn papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn John Steuart Curry and Curry family papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Edward Bruce papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Edward Laning papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Helen Appleton Read letters and lectures Archives of American Art
creatorOf Edward Biberman papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn New Deal art programs in New Jersey selected records Archives of American Art
creatorOf Peter Hurd papers relating to the Section of Fine Arts Archives of American Art
referencedIn Forbes Watson papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Ethel Magafan photograph and printed material Archives of American Art
referencedIn Lloyd Raymond Ney papers Archives of American Art
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Oral history interview with Pietro Lazzari Archives of American Art
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associatedWith Adams, Kenneth M. person
associatedWith Biberman, Edward. person
associatedWith Biddle, George, 1885- person
associatedWith Bisttram, Emil, 1895-1976. person
associatedWith Brooks, James, 1906- person
associatedWith Brown, Adele Smith, 1910- person
associatedWith Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943. person
associatedWith Bruce, Edward, 1879-1943. person
associatedWith Bunn, William Edward Lewis, 1910- person
associatedWith Bunn, William E. L., 1910- person
associatedWith Bunn, William E. L., 1910-2009. person
associatedWith Burchfield, Charles Ephraim, 1893-1967. person
associatedWith Carter, Clarence Holbrook, 1904-2000. person
associatedWith Cikovsky, Nicolai, 1894- person
associatedWith Curry, John Steuart, 1897-1946. person
associatedWith Ealand, Maria. person
associatedWith Gates, Robert Franklin, 1906-1982. person
associatedWith Gates, Robert Franklin, 1906-1982. person
associatedWith Henry, Natalie S. (Natalie Smith), 1907-1992. person
associatedWith Historical Records Survey (U.S.) corporateBody
associatedWith Hurd, Peter, 1904- person
associatedWith Jones, Amy, 1899- person
associatedWith Jones, Wendell, 1899-1956. person
associatedWith Jones, Wendell, 1899-1956. person
associatedWith Jonson, Raymond, 1891-1982. person
associatedWith Kotin, Albert, 1907-1980. person
associatedWith Laning, Edward, 1906-1981. person
associatedWith Lazzari, Pietro, 1898- person
associatedWith Lazzari, Pietro, 1898- person
associatedWith Lazzari, Pietro, 1898-1979. person
associatedWith Magafan, Ethel, 1915 or 6-1993. person
associatedWith Marin, John, 1870-1953. person
associatedWith Ney, Lloyd Raymond, 1893-1964 or 5. person
associatedWith Nicholson, Douglas Cornwall, 1907-1975. person
associatedWith Oberteuffer, Karl, 1908- person
associatedWith O'Connor, Francis V. person
associatedWith O'Connor, Francis V. person
associatedWith O'Hara, Eliot, 1890-1969. person
associatedWith Palmer, William C., 1906- person
associatedWith Peat, Wilbur David, 1898- person
associatedWith Pels, Albert. person
associatedWith Public Works of Art Project. corporateBody
associatedWith Public Works of Art Project. corporateBody
associatedWith Read, Helen Appleton, 1897-1974. person
associatedWith Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. person
associatedWith Rowan, Edward Beatty, 1898-1946. person
associatedWith Rush, Olive, 1873-1966. person
associatedWith Snipper, Martin. person
associatedWith Ulreich, Eduard. person
associatedWith United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Painting and Sculpture. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Public Buildings Administration. Section of Fine Arts. corporateBody
associatedWith Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960. person
associatedWith Watson, Forbes, 1880-1960. person
associatedWith Winter, Andrew, 1893-1958. person
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United States
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Art and state
Artists
Federal aid to public welfare
Federal aid to the arts
Federal aid to the public welfare
Mural painting and decoration
New Deal, 1933-1939
Public sculpture
Watercolor painting
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