Oral history interview with Beatrice Mandelman, 1964 July 20
Mandelman, Beatrice,
b. 1912
d. 1998
Painter
Taos, N.M.
Size: Transcript: 16 p.
Collection Summary: An interview of Beatrice Mandelman conducted by Sylvia Loomis on 1964 July 20, for the Archives of American Art.
Mandelman speaks of her background and education; getting started on the Federal Art Project mural project; later going on the graphic arts project; how the project worked; the effect of the project on the artists; her post-Federal Art Project career; government support for the arts; the current art scene; and Taos as an art center.
Biographical/Historical Note: Beatrice Mandelman (1912-1998) was a painter in Taos, N.M.
Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
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