Abel, Christine Jeannette, b. 1890 d. 1970
Designer, Educator, Muralist, Painter, SculptorCalif. (Show Bio)
Christine Jeannette Abel interviews, 1965 June 5
Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in.
Transcript: 8 p.
An interview of Christine Jeannette Abel conducted by Betty Hoag McGlynn for the Archives of American Art. Abel discusses her educational background and studies with Frank Tolles Chamberlin, Armin Carl Hansen and David Alfaro Siqueiros; her teaching experience and impressions of Fletcher Martin as a student; and her experience assisting Helen Katherine Thorps on a Federal Art Project mural for the Marobia, Calif. post office.
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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