Oral history interview with Ethel Magafan, 1964 Nov. 5
Magafan, Ethel,
b. 1916
d. 1993
Painter
Woodstock, N.Y.
Size:
Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in.
Transcript: 8 p. (on partial microfilm reel)
Collection Summary: An interview of Ethel Magafan conducted 1964 Nov. 5, by Joseph S. Trovato for the Archives of American Art.
Magafan speaks of her earliest associations with the WPA Federal Art Project; receiving commissions for murals in post offices and government buildings; subject matter of the murals she painted; her life in Woodstock, New York; and her work methods.
Biographical/Historical Note: Painter, mural painter; Woodstock, N.Y.
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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