Artist Leon Bibel, like many of his generation, survived the Great Depression because of the New Deal. He worked on murals funded by the Public Works of Art Project and served in the Civilian Conservations Corps. In 1936 he joined the Federal Art Project. He painted, etched, drew, carved, printed, stamped and stenciled. His work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, British Library and Boston Museum of Fine Art. Author Richard Haw will tell the story of how Bibel, a kid from a Polish shtetl, took opportunities offered by FDR’s New Deal and why his story is relevant today. Haw is professor at John Jay College in New York. His latest book "Leon Bibel, Forgotten Artist of the New Deal" is the first biography of this eclectic artist.
Interviewing Richard Haw is New Deal historian Harvey Smith. Smith is author of Berkeley and the New Deal. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Living New Deal. FREE. REGISTER
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