Oral history interview with Christine Jeannette Abel

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Oral history interview with Christine Jeannette Abel

1965 June 5

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An interview of Christine Jeannette Abel conducted 1965 June 5, by Betty Hoag McGlynn, for the Archives of American Art. Abel discusses her educational background and studies with Frank Tolles Chamberlin, Armin Carl Hansen and David Alfaro Siqueiros; her teaching experience and impressions of Fletcher Martin as a student; and her experience assisting Helen Katherine Thorps on a Federal Art Project mural for the Marobia, California post office.

Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in.Transcript: 8 p.

Archives of American Art

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SNAC Resource ID: 7025166

Archives of American Art

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Chamberlin, Frank Tolles, 1873-1961

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New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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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...

Siqueiros, David Alfaro

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David Alfaro Siqueiros was a leading member of the Mexican muralist movement and a technical innovator of fresco and wall painting. His ideological differences with Diego Rivera attracted much attention in the 1930s. From the description of David Alfaro Siqueiros papers, 1920-1991, bulk 1930-1936. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80149112 ...

Martin, Fletcher, 1904-1979

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Printmaker, painter, mural painter. From the description of Fletcher Martin interview, 1964 Nov. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220195015 Fletcher Martin (1904-1979) was a printmaker, painter, and mural painter from Sarasota, Fla. and Guanajuato, Mexico. From the description of Oral history interview with Fletcher Martin, 1964 Nov. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 767864575 ...

Chamberlin, F. Tolles (Frank Tolles), 1873-1961.

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Thorps, Helen Katherine.

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Hansen, Armin C. (Armin-Carl), 1886-1957

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Abel, Christine Jeannette, 1890-1970

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Painter, mural painter, sculptor, educator; California. From the description of Christine Jeannette Abel interviews, 1965 June 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220191335 Christine Jeannette Abel (1890-1970) was a painter, mural painter, sculptor, and educator from California. From the description of Oral history interview with Christine Jeannette Abel, 1965 June 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 458411530 Helen Forbes was a painter and mosaicist, San Fr...

McGlynn, Betty Hoag

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Collector of, authority on early California art; San Mateo, California. Full name Betty Lochrie Hoag McGlynn. At the time these papers were microfilmed, McGlynn was married to architect Paul Sterling Hoag. She is married to Thomas A. McGlynn, Jr. Her father-in-law was painter Thomas A. McGlynn (1878-1966), whose biography Betty McGlynn wrote in 1979. From the description of Betty Hoag McGlynn papers, 1934-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565871 Collector of and author...