Oral history interview with Peter Hurd, 1964 Mar. 28
Hurd, Peter,
b. 1904
d. 1984
Painter, Illustrator
San Patricio, N.M.
Size:
Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel (45 min.) ; 7 in.
Transcript: 32 p.
Collection Summary: An interview of Peter Hurd conducted 1964 Mar. 28 by Sylvia Loomis for the Archives of American Art.
Biographical/Historical Note: Muralist, painter, and writer; New Mexico; b. 1904; d. 1984 Hurd painted murals for the Section of Fine Arts during the Depression.
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.
