1879 - 1943
Edward Bruce (New Deal) American Artist
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| First Name |
Edward
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| Last Name |
Bruce
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| Birthday |
13th April, 1879
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| Birthplace |
Dover Plains, New York
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| Died |
26th January, 1943
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| Place of Death |
Hollywood, Florida
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| Zodiac Sign |
Aries
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
New Deal arts administrator
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| Occupation |
Artist
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Edward Bright Bruce (April 13, 1879 – January 26, 1943) was the director of the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), the Section of Painting and Sculpture and the Treasury Relief Art Project, New Deal relief efforts that provided work for artists in the United States during the Great Depression. Ned Bruce was a successful lawyer and entrepreneur before giving up his career altogether at the age of 43 to become an artist. However, like most artists during the Depression, he found it impossible to make a living making art, and grudgingly returned to business in 1932 as a lobbyist in Washington for the Calamba Sugar Estate of San Francisco. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt received a letter from the American painter George Biddle, who suggested a New Deal program that would hire artists to paint murals in federal office buildings. Roosevelt was intrigued by the idea, and brought the idea to the United States Treasury Department, which oversaw all construction of federal buildings. Bruce had by that time made some connections in Washington, and he was asked to help organize the effort. By the end of 1943, all of the New Deal art programs had been shut down following Bruce's death.
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