Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1935-1940.

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Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1935-1940.

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Olin Dows was Assistant Superintendent for the Section of Painting and Sculpture, United States Department of Treasury. During the Depression, his Section oversaw the installation of works of art in Federal buildings, particularly Post Offices, around the country. Carl Zigrosser was in correspondence with Dows about artists Zigrosser felt capable of doing murals.

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Dows, Olin, 1904-1981

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Olin Dows (1904-1981) was a painter and arts administrator; he primarily lived and worked in Rhinebeck, New York. Dows was born in Irvington-on-Hudson, NY. He graduated from Harvard University in 1926 and also studied at the Yale School of Fine Arts. In 1935 he was appointed director of the Treasury Relief Art Project, funded by the Works Progress Administration. In 1938 he painted a series of murals for the post office in Rhinebeck, NY, and in 1941 painted murals for the post office in Hyde Par...