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New Deal art in the Northwest : the WPA and beyond

Title

New Deal art in the Northwest : the WPA and beyond / Margaret E. Bullock.

Publication

Tacoma, Washington : Tacoma Art Museum, [2020]
[Seattle, Wash.] : Distributed by University of Washington Press
©2020

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Description

239 pages : illustrations (some color); 31 cm

Summary

"From December 1933 to February 1943, as part of a sprawling economic stimulus package, four federal programs hired artists to create public artworks and provide art-making opportunities to millions of Americans. When this initiative abruptly ended shortly after the US entry into World War II, information and artworks were lost or scattered, long obscuring the story of what had happened in the Northwest. This groundbreaking volume (which accompanies an exhibition at the Tacoma Art Museum) offers the first comprehensive survey of the impact of federal arts projects in the Pacific Northwest. Revealing the striking scope and variety of New Deal regional work--paintings, prints, murals, ceramics, and textiles, and the iconic and influential Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood--this lavishly illustrated exploration will be invaluable to scholars and art lovers alike." --

Uniform Title

Forgotten Stories, Northwest Public Art of the 1930s.

Subject

Genre/Form

Essays.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Note

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Forgotten Stories: Northwest Public Art of the 1930s, organized by the Tacoma Art Museum and on view from February 22 through August 16, 2020. The exhibition is also presented at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University from September 20 through December 20, 2020"--Copyright page.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction: New Deal art in the Northwest / Margaret E. Bullock -- Art in a time of need / Sharon Ann Musher -- Aesthetic diversity and the art of hard times / Roger Hull -- The public works of art project / Margaret E. Bullock -- The section of fine arts and the Treasury Relief art project / Margaret E. Bullock -- The Federal Art Project / Margaret E. Bullock -- The New Deal art projects: Contemporary Encounters -- "We hold these truths to be self-evident." / Philip Stevens -- "Through word and picture": Land of Nakoda and the Montana Writer's Project / Mindy J. Morgan -- Origins of the artist: a new look at Minor White's formative FAP years / Tiffany Stith Cooper -- Printmaking in Washington State and the New Deal art projects / David F. Martin -- Art and craft restoration of Timberline Lodge / Sarah Baker Munro -- "Excuse me, do you know what happened to the mural that used to be here?" / Roger Van Oosten -- Artists' materials and studio practice in the conservation of New Deal artworks in Oregon / Nina Olsson -- Conclusion: Looking back, looking forward / Margaret E. Bullock.

Call Number

JQG 22-98

ISBN

9780924335488
0924335483

OCLC

1127876534

Title

New Deal art in the Northwest : the WPA and beyond / Margaret E. Bullock.

Publisher

Tacoma, Washington : Tacoma Art Museum, [2020]

Distributor

[Seattle, Wash.] : Distributed by University of Washington Press

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Bullock, Margaret E., editor, author, curator.

Tacoma Art Museum, organizer, issuing body, host institution.

Hallie Ford Museum of Art, host institution.

Added Title

Exhibition title: Forgotten Stories, Northwest Public Art of the 1930s.

Research Call Number

JQG 22-98

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