Frank Gasparro interview
name: label: Creator
content: Gasparro, Frank, 1909-
label: Interviewer
content: Shopes, Linda
label: Names
content: Artists' Union (Philadelphia, Pa.)
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project (Pa.)
label: Names
content: Curran, Mary
label: Names
content: Donato, Giuseppe, 1881-1965
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- Pennsylvania -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Depressions -- 1929
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by the Pennsylvania State Archives, 1991.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gasparro, Frank, 1909-
label: Interviewer
content: Shopes, Linda
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor; Pennsylvania. Worked on Federal Art Project in Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (sound cassettes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990 May 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gaspfran
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Frank Gasparro conducted 1990 May 17 by Linda Shopes. Gasparro speaks of his early life including his studies with Giuseppe Donato; struggling through the Depression carving cemetery monuments; his successful application to the Federal Art Project (FAP) and his experiences while working with it; projects he worked on with the FAP and how they were assigned; how the project functioned; relations with other artists; political problems involving the Pennsylvania state director of the FAP, Mary Curran, and the Artists Union; and his subsequent work for the U.S. Mint.