Karl Oberteuffer papers

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Karl Oberteuffer papers

1933-1958

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Letters, including many from officials of the Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts and the Public Building Administration about Oberteuffer's involvement in government art projects. Also included are photographs, clippings, and exhibition catalogs.

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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 aw...

Oberteuffer, Karl A. (Karl Amiard), 1908-1958

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Painter and ethcer; Gloucester, Mass. From the description of Karl Oberteuffer papers, 1933-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122552484 ...