New Deal Art in Alabama: The Murals, Sculptures and Other Works, and Their Creators

by Anita Price Davis, Jimmy S. Emerson

Overview

As the United States struggled to recover from the Great Depression, 24 towns in Alabama would directly benefit from some of the $83 million allocated by the Federal Government for public art works under the New Deal. In the words of Harold Lloyd Hopkins, administrator of the Federal Emergency Relief Act, "artists had to eat, too," and these funds aided people who needed employment during this difficult period in American history.

This book examines some of the New Deal art--murals, reliefs, sculptures, frescoes and paintings--of Alabama and offers biographical sketches of the artists who created them. An appendix describes federal art programs and projects of the period (1933-1943).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786498291
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	08/17/2015
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Anita Price Davis, a North Carolina native, Gold Star daughter, and Duke University graduate, retired as the Charles A. Dana Professor of Education Emerita after 36 years at Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina. She was the author of many historical books and articles. Veterinarian Jimmy S. Emerson, Alabama native, is dedicated to photographic documentation of aspects of vanishing rural and small town America, including the many New Deal artworks across the United States. He lives and works in Dalton, Georgia.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

Introduction 3

Federal Art and Artists in Alabama During the Great Depression

Alexander City 9

Atmore 18

Bay Minette 24

Brewton 31

Carrollton 39

Enterprise 47

Eutaw 54

Fairhdd 62

Fort Payne 68

Guntersville 77

Haleyville 83

Hartselle 90

Huntsville 97

Luverne 105

Monroeville 112

Montevallo 119

Oneonta 125

Opp 131

Ozark 138

Phenix City 144

Russellville 150

Scoltsboro 159

Tuscumbia 168

Tuskegee 174

Appendix: Federal Art Projects Between 1933 and 1943 181

Notes 192

Bibliography 209

Index 219