Sentences with phrase «wpa easel»

He joined the WPA easel project in 1936 and began to paint in «a kind of transformed cubist style.»

At the same time, he became an advocate for social change, serving as managing supervisor of the New York WPA easel project and president of the Artists Union.

He participated in the WPA Easel Painting Project, and adopted the name Morris Louis.

He also worked for the WPA easel project (c.1935 - 1938).

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He attended Columbia University, the American Artists School, and the National Academy of Design, after which, from 1936 — 40, he became one of the few abstract painters to work for the easel division of the WPA Federal Art Project.

Upon finishing college he was accredited as a painter by Burgoyne Diller, which allowed him to work from 1936 until 1940 for the WPA Federal Art Project, easel division.

That same year, Motley joined the easel division of the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), which was later absorbed into the Federal Art Project of the WPA.

To support his family, Stone worked for the easel division of the WPA, painting from his home and creating murals for public buildings throughout the United States.

She worked for the WPA in the easel painting and sculpture divisions until 1939.

Thanks to Burgoyne Diller, the abstract painter, he worked for the Federal Arts Project (easel division) of the WPA right out of college in 1936.

In the 1930s, the artist worked on the easel division of the WPA Federal Art Project and also made drawings for The New Masses journal.

From 1935 to 1938, Marca - Relli was employed with the easel and mural divisions of the Federal Art Project of the WPA, where he met Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and John Graham.

The following year, he joined the WPA, first as an easel painter and then in the mural division.

Employed by the Easel Division of the WPA in New York in 1936, Rothko later held numerous teaching positions at institutions including the California School of Fine Arts, Brooklyn College and the University of California at Berkeley.

From 1935 to 1942, Pollock worked on the WPA Federal Art Project as a mural assistant to David Alfaro Siqueiros, and as an easel painter.

In 1934 Giorgio Cavallon was employed in the Works Progress Administration / Federal Art Project (WPA / FAP) Easel & Mural Division as Arshile Gorky's assistant.

As part of the FDR's New Deal program, Cavallon participated in the Easel and Mural Division of the WPA Federal Art Project, serving as Arshile Gorky's assistant.

After a short stint working for the WPA's Federal Art Project's easel painting division, Gottlieb spent two years (1937 - 39) on the edge of the Arizona desert, painting barren landscapes with sage brush and cacti.

In 1934, Cavallon was employed in the Works Progress Administration / Federal Art Project (WPA / FAP) Easel & Mural Division as Arshile Gorky's assistant.

In 1938, with help from Savage, Lawrence joined the easel division of the WPA, submitting paintings to them at regular intervals.

Begins working on the U.S. Treasury Department Federal Art Project of the WPA (Easel Division).

He found work with the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as an art teacher at the Queens Museum, and then joined the easel division of the WPA's Federal Art Project 1938.