Manuel G. Silberger papers, 1935-1958.
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Federal Art Project
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The FAP projects included a broad range of events and activities which generated the various publications and materials found in the central files of the general subject series. ART FOR THE MILLIONS was a publication project about the accomplishments of the FAP consisting of a series of articles by Project workers. In addition to creating work for artists, the FAP sought to increase art appreciation as well as art sales among the general public. In doing so it devised a plan which created Nation...
Silberger, Manuel G., 1898-1968.
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Manuel G. Silberger (1898-1968) was a Cleveland, Ohio, artist of Hungarian-Jewish descent. At an early age Silberger moved with his family from his birthplace in Slavic-speaking Bokovic, Hungary, to the village of Bonfalva in Borsodo, Hungary. He attended high school and received his first art training in the nearby town of Miskolz. Silberger's immediate family immigrated to Cleveland in May 1921 and in August of that year, following his escape from the Hungarian army, he joined them. While work...
