1936The New York City-based Artists’ Union, with Stuart Davis (1894-1964) as a founding member and president, became the bargaining agent for artists in the WPA.Arts and Culture, Art

Stuart Davis, Sketchbook 3-3, Drawing for “Black Roofs” and “Dock, Still Life”, c. 1930, Ink on paper, Cape Ann Museum, Gift of Earl Davis, 2001, https://www.capeannmuseum.org/collections/objects/sketchbook-3-3-black-roofs-dock-still-life/

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Davis also served as the editor of its journal, Art Front.

Saab, A. Joan, For the Millions: American Art and Culture Between the Wars, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia; 2004.

Other Events

1936
William H. Marston, the last survivor of Colonel Allen Post 45, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), died.
1936
Jon Corbino came to Rockport on a Guggenheim Fellowship.
1936
Oscar Anderson (1873-1953) painted seven murals for Gloucester’s Hovey School.
1936
A TALE OF TWO ROGERS by Ken Lawson

1936The New York City-based Artists’ Union, with Stuart Davis (1894-1964) as a founding member and president, became the bargaining agent for artists in the WPA.Arts and Culture, Art

Other Events

William H. Marston, the last survivor of Colonel Allen Post 45, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), died.

Jon Corbino came to Rockport on a Guggenheim Fellowship.

Oscar Anderson (1873-1953) painted seven murals for Gloucester’s Hovey School.

A TALE OF TWO ROGERS by Ken Lawson