Dora Kaminsky memoir

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Dora Kaminsky memoir

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Holograph about the poverty, and hardship Gaspard experienced as a consequence of working for the Federal Art Project in New York City during the 1930's and 40's. Accompanied by a typescript of the text.

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Kaminsky, Dora

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Seriographer, painter, designer, craftsmen, illustrator, and writer; New York, N.Y. and Taos, New Mexico. Born 1909. Married to painter Leon Gaspard until his death in 1964. Also known as Dora Deborah Kaminsky Gaspard. From the description of Dora Kaminsky memoir, [undated]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86122746 Dora Kaminsky (1909-1977) was a printmaker, painter, and illustrator from Taos, N.M. Kaminsky also used the name Dora Deborah Kaminsky Gas...

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...