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Potter, Lee Ann; Eder, Elizabeth K.; Hussey, Michael – Social Education, 2012
Medical doctor and geologist Dr. Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden selected more than 30 scientists, technical personnel, and artists, including photographer William Henry Jackson and painter Thomas Moran, to join the survey of the Yellowstone region in northwest Wyoming territory. Thomas Moran was an accomplished artist when he joined the survey to…
Descriptors: Primary Sources, Letters (Correspondence), Artists, Painting (Visual Arts)
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Fogel, Jared A.; Stevens, Robert L. – Social Education, 1996
Examines the controversy generated by art works commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Attempting to create work for depression-era artists, the WPA often commissioned murals for government buildings. Recounts the experience of Seymour Fogel, who's positive portrayal of Native Americans ran afoul of racist sentiments in Safford,…
Descriptors: Art Criticism, Art History, Art Products, Artists