Federal art : a memoir of the thirties

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Federal art : a memoir of the thirties

circa 1980

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Typescript of Danysh's unpublished reminiscences regarding his experiences in the 1930s as Western Regional Director of the WPA Federal Art Project. Notes and drafts are also included. Danysh provides candid portraits of many WPA artists and administrators.

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Federal Art Project (Calif.)

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The Federal Art Project (FAP) fell under the jurisdiction of Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA was established in May 1935 specifically as a work relief program for the millions of individuals left unemployed during the Depression. Its name changed to the Work Projects Administration in 1939 when it fell under the administrative hand of the newly created Federal Works Agency. The FAP was created in August 1935 to aid unemployed artists, following the prece...

Danysh, Joseph A., 1906-

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Died 1984. From the description of Federal art : a memoir of the thirties, [ca. 1980]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122515808 Art administrator; Monterey, Calif. From the description of Joseph A. Danysh interview, 1964 Dec. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220192845 From the description of Oral history interview with Joseph A. Danysh, 1964 Dec. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312025467 ...