Bakós, Józef, b. 1891 d. 1977
Educator, PainterSanta Fe, N.M. (Show Bio)
Interview with Jozef and Teresa Bakos, 1965 April 15
Sound recordings: 1 sound tape reel ; 7 in.
Transcript: 19 p.
An interview of Jozef G. and Teresa Bakos conducted by Sylvia Loomis for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Bakos speaks of his background and education; moving to Santa Fe in 1920; founding the group Los Cinco Pintores; the art community in Santa Fe in the 1920s; going to work on the easel painting project of the Federal Art Project; his feelings about the FAP; his opinions of modern art; his post-FAP career; and commissions he received. Jozef Bakos' wife, Teresa, is also present.
This interview 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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