Jennifer Peoples Hernandez

Belle Baranceanu

Life, Art, and the New Deal Renaissance

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this first biography of artist Belle Baranceanu, Jennifer Peoples Hernandez tells the riveting story of a woman who overcame insurmountable odds to become the most important female muralist in San Diego during the Great Depression and one of California's foremost Modern artists.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 762g
• ISBN-13: 9781793612120
• ISBN-10: 1793612129
• Artikelnr.: 64973971

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Hernandez teaches at San Diego Mesa College.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: The First American
Chapter 2: Childhood and Homesteading in North Dakota, 1904-1920
Chapter 3: Becoming an Artist, 1920-1926
Chapter 4: The Los Angeles Period, 1927-1929
Chapter 5: Grief and Depression, Chicago, 1929-1932
Chapter 6: Relief
Chapter 7: The Federal Government becomes a Patron of the Arts, 1933-1934
Chapter 8: The Emergency Work Relief Program in San Diego, 1934-1935
Chapter 9: A World's Fair and a Growing Art Community
Chapter 10: A Second New Deal for the Arts
Chapter 11: Decorating the Post Office
Chapter 12: The Federal Art Project
Chapter 13: The End of an Era