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
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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...
Public Works of Art Project.
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Cecil Jones was the business director of the PWAP. From the description of Correspondence and related records of Cecil Jones, 1933-1934. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220181044 Rowan was the assistant technical director of the PWAP. He worked closely with Edward Bruce, the director of the PWAP. From the description of Correspondence and personal files of Edward P. Rowan, 1934-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220181019 Federally funded a...
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...
Snipper, Martin.
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Art historian, San Francisco, Calif. The New Deal art programs provided jobs for thousands of unemployed artists during the Depression. From the description of 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, 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220182132 ...
