New Deal Art in Alabama: The Murals, Sculptures and Other Works, and Their Creators

by Anita Price Davis, Jimmy S. Emerson

Overview

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 created them. An appendix describes federal art programs and projects of the period (1933-1943).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476621142
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	8 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Anita Price Davis, a North Carolina native, Gold Star daughter, and Duke University graduate, retired as the Charles A. Dana Professor of Education Emerita after 36 years at Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina. She was the author of many historical books and articles. Veterinarian Jimmy S. Emerson, Alabama native, is dedicated to photographic documentation of aspects of vanishing rural and small town America, including the many New Deal artworks across the United States. He lives and works in Dalton, Georgia.
The late Anita Price Davis, a North Carolina native, Gold Star daughter, and Duke University graduate, retired as the Charles A. Dana Professor of Education Emerita after 36 years at Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina. She was the author of many historical books and articles.
Veterinarian Jimmy S. Emerson, Alabama native, is dedicated to photographic documentation of aspects of vanishing rural and small town America, including the many New Deal artworks across the United States. He lives and works in Dalton, Georgia.

Table of Contents

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