PWAP reports by Gustave Baumann
name: label: Creator
content: Public Works of Art Project (N.M.)
label: Names
content: Baumann, Gustave, 1881-1971
label: Names
content: Bisttram, Emil, 1895-1976
label: Names
content: Lea, Tom, 1907-
label: Names
content: Lockwood, Ward
label: Names
content: Rush, Olive, 1873-1966
label: Names
content: Shuster, Will
topic: label: Topic
content: Federal aid to public welfare
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- United States
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century -- New Mexico
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1964 by Gustave Baumann.
creator: label: Creator
content: Public Works of Art Project (N.M.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), the first of the New Deal art programs, was established under the Department of the Treasury in December 1933 to assist unemployed artists by enabling them to work on the decoration of non-federal public buildings. Although it lasted only until the following summer, it engaged nearly 4,000 artists in all parts of the country and served as an important precedent for subsequent federal art programs, such as the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.publwonm
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel D155 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to Gustave Baumann after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Reports of work in the 13th region (New Mexico), written by the supervisor, Gustave Baumann. Included are detailed personal and professional comment on numerous artists in the Santa Fe, Taos, and Albuquerque projects, among them Emil Bisttram, Tom Lea, Ward Lockwood, Olive Rush, and Will Shuster; a work journal and commentary on various artists and their projects; and commentary on the physical situation, psychological climate and supervisory problems associated with the projects.