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The Redwood, V.72 1975-1976, Santa Clara University
New Deal Art: California, Steven M. Gelber, Lydia Modi Vitale, De Saisset Art Gallery And Museum
New Deal Art: California, Steven M. Gelber, Lydia Modi Vitale, De Saisset Art Gallery And Museum
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Traditionally, the years of the New Deal projects have been treated as a part of the "Depression experience" with an emphasis on their economic and social dimensions. Until recently, sporadic interest in the art of the period has usually focused on individual artists, not general movements in the art of the time. This has been particularly true in the western states.
The purpose of the New Deal Art: California exhibition was to create an overview of the New Deal art projects by bringing together examples of art from the federal art programs in California.
New Deal Art: California came about …