Oral history interview with Michele Russo

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Oral history interview with Michele Russo

1983 August 29

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An interview of Michele Russo conducted 1983 August 29, by Jane Van Cleve, at the artist's studio in Portland, Or., for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project. Russo speaks of his youth and educational background; attending Yale University Art School; his participation in social activism; working on WPA projects; the development of his interest in painting; the lack of a gallery system on the West Coast; themes that recur in his work; the fire at the Fountain Gallery; the pressures on contemporary artists; and West Coast art styles.

Sound recording: 3 sound cassettes.Transcript: 49 p.

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Van Cleve, Jane

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Russo, Michele, 1909-

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Michele Russo (1909- ) was a painter from Portland, Or. From the description of Oral history interview with Michele Russo, 1983 Aug. 29 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80914911 Painter (Portland, Or.). From the description of Michele Russo interview, 1984 Aug. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220180577 American artist. From the description of Tape-recorded interview with Michele Russo : at Russo's studio in Portland, Orego...