United States. Dept. of the Treasury. Section of Fine Arts.
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
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| 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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