Smithsonian Archives of American Art

 
Chavez, Edward Arcenio (b. 1917 d. 1995)
Oral history interview with Edward Chavez, 1964 Nov. 5

Painter, Muralist, Sculptor, Lithographer
Woodstock, N.Y.

An interview of Edward Chavez conducted in Woodstock, N.Y., by Joseph Trovato for the Archives of American Art. Chavez speaks of the development of his interest in art; working for the Treasury Relief Art Project, and later the WPA Federal Art Project; murals he did for the WPA in high schools and post offices; his post-war paintings and the change in his style; and his feelings about federal support for the arts.