Oral history interview with Herman Cherry

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Oral history interview with Herman Cherry

1965 September

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An interview of Herman Cherry conducted 1965 September, by Harlan Phillips. Cherry speaks of his background and education; the Depression's effect on him; his first association with the WPA Federal Art Project; working for Stanton Macdonald-Wright; how the project functioned; trying to create an "American style" in painting; the team approach to creating murals; the effect of the project on individual artists and their styles; experimenting with materials; unions and political problems; social interaction between artists on the project; the current art market; his overall view of the Federal Art Project. He recalls Thomas Hart Benton.

Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 7 in.Transcript: 36 p.

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New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Macdonald-Wright, Stanton, 1890-1973

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American artist; co-founder of the Synchromism movement. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [postmarked Santa Monica], to Morgan Russell, 1929 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606816 Painter; Los Angeles, California. From the description of Oral history interview with Stanton Macdonald-Wright, 1967 May 26 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81393723 "Noted American painter Stanton Macdonald-Wright ... was hired to p...

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...

Cherry, Herman

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Cherry, Herman, 1909-1992, Painter of New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Herman Cherry, 1989 May 8-1992 Mar. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646400298 Painter, mural painter, lithographer, craftsman, writer, teacher; New York, N.Y. Born in 1909. From the description of Herman Cherry interview, 1965 Sept. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220192463 Painter, lithographer, craftsman, writer, teacher; New York, N.Y. b. 1909. ...

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975

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Thomas Hart Benton (April 15, 1889 – January 19, 1975) was an American painter and muralist. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. The fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. His work is strongly associated with the Midwestern United States, the region in which he was born and which he called home for most of his life. He also studied in Paris, lived in New York City f...

Phillips, Harlan B. (Harlan Buddington), 1920-

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