Oral history interview of Ralph Chessé

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...

McChesney, Mary Fuller

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Mary Fuller McChesney, sculptor and art historian of San Francisco and Petaluma, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview with Mary Fuller McChesney, 1994 Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77979777 McChesney, also known as Mary Fuller, is an art historian, writer, and sculptor. Her book, A Period of Exploration, San Francisco, 1945-1950, was published in 1973 in conjunction with the accompanying exhibition at the Oakland Museum. From the descr...

Federal Theater Project (Calif.)

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Labaudt, Lucien, 1880-1943

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Lucien Labaudt was a painter, muralist, costume and set designer. He also ran a commercial art school called the California School of Design. After his death in 1943, on assignment as a war artist correspondent, his wife, Marcelle Labaudt, established the Lucien Labaudt Art Gallery in San Francisco, California. She specialized in giving younger or relatively unknown artists their first exhibitions and operated the gallery until 1980. From the description of Lucien and Marcelle Labaud...

Chessé, Ralph

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Ralph Chessé (1901-991), painter, sculptor and puppeteer. From the description of Drawing of Gretel in marionette production of Hansel and Gretel, 19-- (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 777007822 Mural painter, printmaker; San Francisco, Calif. From the description of Oral history interview of Ralph Chessé, 1964 Oct. 22 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80281807 ...