Object Details
- Subject
- Biddle, George
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- Other
- Physical Description
- 1 photographic print : b&w ; 24 x 19 cm.
- Summary
- Biddle at work on a panel of the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Section of Painting and Sculpture - sponsored mural entitled, "Society Freed through Justice", located in the fifth floor lobby of the Attorney-General's office in the Justice Department Building, Washington, D.C.
Identification on accompanying label (typewritten): George Biddle (1885- ). Biddle received his law degree but immediately turned to art. His murals decorate government buildings in the United States, Brazil, and Mexico. He was active in helping to set up the Federal Art Project in the Thirties. Being an artist of great versatility, he has worked in stone, clay, paint, wood, and block printing. - Citation
- George Biddle, 1936. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Use Note
- Current copyright status is undetermined
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
- 1936
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA)1969
- Type
- Photographs
- Place
- Washington, D.C.
- See more items in
- Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965, bulk 1935-1942
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Art and state
- Artists at or with their work
- Federal aid to the arts
- Muralists
- New Deal, 1933-1939
- Painting
- Record ID
- AAADCD_item_1969
