Oral history interview with Kenneth M. Adams

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Treasury Relief Art Project.

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The Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) was established in 1935 under the Department of the Treasury with special funds allocated from the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration) to decorate those federal buildings not funded by the Section of Fine Arts and as a relief agency for unemployed, but highly competent artists. The Chief of TRAP was Olin Dows, Forbes Watson was Director, and Cecil H. Jones Assistant Chief, later replacing Dows. From the descrip...

Federal Art Project (N.M.)

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Federal aid art project during the Depression. The Federal Art Project (FAP) fell under the jurisdiction of Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), established in May 1935 specifically as a work relief program for unemployed artists. Each state and territory had its own programsand were administered aid from the federal government via a local agency. From the description of Photographs of work by FAP artists in New Mexico, 1935-1943....

Jonson, Raymond, 1891-1982

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Raymond Jonson (1891-1982) was an American modernist painter and teacher. As a young man (1912 to 1917) he was the lighting, stage set, costume and graphics designer for the Chicago Little Theatre, America's first experimental theater, and later founded the Transcendental Painting Group (1938). He organized the Modern Wing at the Museum of New Mexico and taught art classes at his Atalaya Art School and at the University of New Mexico, retiring as Professor Emeritus in 1954. In 1950 he establishe...

Nash, Willard, 1898-1942

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Biddle, George, 1885-1973

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George Biddle was an author and a widely exhibited artist who also contributed to national magazines. He died in 1973. From the description of Business and personal papers, 1929-1943. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122573566 B. 1885 d. 1973. From the description of George Biddle artist file. (Whitney Museum of American Art). WorldCat record id: 228433040 American artist and Chairman, War Department Art Advisory Committee. From the ...

Bisttram, Emil, 1895-1976

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Painter, mural painter; Taos, N.M. From the description of Emil Bisttram interview, 1963 Oct. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220195759 From the description of Oral history interview with Emil Bisttram, 1963 Oct. 17 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 312026206 Painter; Taos, N.M. Was an exponent of Dynamic Symmetry, a painting technique. From the description of Emil J. Bisttram papers, 1902-1982. (Unknown). Worl...

Baumann, Gustave, 1881-1971

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A native of Germany, Baumann was an artist in Brown County, Ind. from 1909 to 1915. In 1918 he moved to Taos, N.M. and then to Santa Fe. He became internationally recognized as a master of woodblock prints. From the description of Papers, 1965-1968. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 34574189 ...

Loomis, Sylvia Glidden.

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Administrator Federal Art Project Art Education Program, New York, N.Y. In addtion to various fine art and craft projects, the FAP included the Art Production Division, the Art Research Division, as well as a number of other art-related programs. From the description of Federal Art Project. Art Education Division records, 1939-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122577019 ...

Adams, Kenneth M., 1948-....

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Kenneth M. Adams, b. 1897; d. 1966, Painter, mural painter, educator of Albuquerque, N.M. From the description of Oral history interview with Kenneth M. Adams, 1964 Apr. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 226956461 Painter, lithographer; Albuquerque, New Mexico; b. 1897; d. 1966. From the description of Kenneth Miller Adams papers, 1933-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122393935 Kenneth M. Adams (1897-1966) was a painter, mural painter, and educator ...