Leon Bibel : forgotten artist of the New Deal /
"Leon Bibel was one of thousands of artists who made a living during the New Deal working for the Federal Art Project, a branch of the Works Progress Administration. Bibel's life was defined by the Great Depression and by the New Deal. His work was shaped by that era's commitment to s...
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New Brunswick, New Jersey :
Rutgers University Press,
[2025]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Leon Bibel, American Art, and the New Deal
- 1. Beginning: Freedom and Tradition in a Polish Shtetl (1913-1926)
- 2. Learning: Art and Diversity in San Francisco (1927-1935)
- 3. Arriving: An Artist in New York (1935-1938)
- 4. Thriving: New York and the Federal Art Project (1936-1938)
- 5. Departing: The End of New York (1938-1942)
- 6. Living: An Artist and a Chicken Farmer in New Jersey (1942-1995)
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- List of Illustrations
- Index.