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Title
Simon Alshets at Easel
Description
The Federal Art Project sometimes photographed "artists at easels" in order to publicize that WPA program. Here, Alshets is shown at work on his oil painting Deserted Landscape. Because it traveled to Chicago for an exhibit in the Federal Art Gallery in that city, the photograph may have been conceived deliberately. Very little is known about Alshets himself, beyond a few striking artworks created during the late 1930s.
Creator
Pollard, [Aubrey]
Publisher
Federal Art Project
Date
1938-08-22
Contributor
Cooper, Ken
Source
Archives of American Art
Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, circa 1920-1965, bulk 1935-1942
Box 1, Folder 20: Alshets, Simon, 1936-1941
Format
jpeg, 656 KB
Type
Still image
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photograph
Physical Dimensions
10 x 8 in.