Frances Foy and Gustaf Dalstrom papers
name: label: Creator
content: Foy, Frances M., 1890-1963
label: Creator
content: Dalstrom, Gustaf O. (Gustaf Oscar), 1893-1971
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: Public Works of Art Project
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Occupation
content: Muralists -- Illinois -- Chicago
label: Topic
content: Public art
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts
label: Topic
content: Art and state
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1987 by Lars M. Dalstrom, son of Frances Foy and Gustaf O. Dalstrom.
creator: label: Creator
content: Foy, Frances M., 1890-1963
label: Creator
content: Dalstrom, Gustaf O. (Gustaf Oscar), 1893-1971
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Muralists and painters; Chicago, Ill. Married in 1923. Worked on the Public Works of Art Project and Federal Art Project. Painted several post office murals. Belonged to local arts organizations such as the Renaissance Society and the No-Jury Society of Artists. Foy, who used her maiden name professionally, gained recognition locally for her paintings of flowers.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Linear Feet ((on 2 partial microfilm reels))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1909-1961
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.foyfrang
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Drawings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: I. Biographical. II. Correspondence. III. New Deal materials. IV. Exhibitions. V. Financial. VI. Printed matter. VII. Lists and notes.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels 4077-4078 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Drawings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Correspondence, New Deal materials, exhibition and financial records.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Two brief biographies by Frances Foy for "Leading American Women"; Illinois Academy of Fine Arts membership cards for Foy and Dalstrom; correspondence, with the Art Institute of Chicago and other museums, local galleries, dealers, and arts organizations such as the Renaissance Society, American Federation of Arts, and Chicago Society of Etchers; a letter of 3/26/34 from fellow artist Rifka Angel regarding selection of artists for Public Works of Art Projects; New Deal art project materials, including correspondence about a mural commemorating Marian Anderson's 1939 concert at Lincoln Memorial and with federal agencies,concerning commissions, contracts, vouchers, drawings and blueprints for projects, announcements, speeches, and articles on the government art programs.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Exhibition records include receipts, loan agreements, checklists, and shipping forms. Financial records include invoices, pricelists, purchase orders, receipts, remittances, and vouchers from private customers. Printed materials include news clippings, brochures, advertisements from art supply companies; articles on exhibitions, newsletters from arts organizations, announcements and catalogs of exhibitions, and a copy of Dali's "Declaration of the Independence of the Imagination and the Rights of Man to His Own Madness" 1939.