New Deal art in Alabama : the murals, sculptures and other works, and their creators / Anita Price Davis and Jimmy S. Emerson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Anita Price, author.

Emerson, Jimmy S., 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal Art Project.

Art, American--Alabama--20th century.

Art, American.

New Deal art--Alabama.

New Deal art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As the United States struggled to recover from the Great Depression, 24 towns in Alabama would directly benefit from some of the 83 million allocated by the Federal Government for public art works under the New Deal. In the words of Harold Lloyd Hopkins, administrator of the Federal Emergency Relief Act, ""artists had to eat, too,"" and these funds aided people who needed employment during this difficult period in American history. This book examines some of the New Deal art--murals, reliefs, sculptures, frescoes and paintings--of Alabama and offers biographical sketches of the artists who cre

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Federal Art and Artists in Alabama During the Great Depression""; ""Alexander City""; ""Atmore ""; ""Bay Minette ""; ""Brewton ""; ""Carrollton ""; ""Enterprise ""; ""Eutaw ""; ""Fairfield ""; ""Fort Payne ""; ""Guntersville ""; ""Haleyville ""; ""Hartselle ""; ""Huntsville ""; ""Luverne ""

""Monroeville """"Montevallo ""; ""Oneonta ""; ""Opp ""; ""Ozark ""; ""Phenix City ""; ""Russellville ""; ""Scottsboro ""; ""Tuscumbia ""; ""Tuskegee ""; ""Appendix: Federal Art Projects Between 1933 and 1943""; ""Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""

Notes:

Front cover: top detail of Constance Ortmayer bas-relief sculpture Alabama Agriculture is installed over the postmaster's door in Scottsboro; bottom Conrad Alfred Albrizio's Shipment of First Iron Produced in Russellville in the Russellville Post Office; illustration of a camelia, Alabama's state flower.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-2114-4

OCLC:

915562267