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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1940|1940]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America | ====Region: [[:Category:North America|North America]]==== | ||
====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion | ====Subject: [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art | ====Medium: [[:Category:Public Art|Public Art]]==== | ||
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'''Artist:''' August Henkel | '''Artist:''' August Henkel | ||
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'''Description of Artwork:''' August Henkel's murals | '''Description of Artwork:''' August Henkel's murals | ||
'''The Incident:''' August Henkel's murals at Brooklyn's Floyd | '''The Incident:''' August Henkel's murals at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennett Airport are taken down and destroyed. The Relief Bill of 1940 required artists to sign loyalty oath of Federal Art Project artists and specifically excluded communists from the program. August Henkel refused to sign the loyalty oath in the FAP contract, resulting in the removal of his murals. | ||
'''Results of Incident:''' In 1943 all funding for the WPA stops. | '''Results of Incident:''' In 1943 all funding for the WPA stops. | ||
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'''Source:''' Art Journal, "Time Line," Robert Atkins, Fall '91, Vol. 50 #3,pg. 34 | '''Source:''' Art Journal, "Time Line," Robert Atkins, Fall '91, Vol. 50 #3,pg. 34 | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:1940]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:1940s]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:20th century]] | ||
[[Category:North America]] | [[Category:North America]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:United States]] | ||
[[Category:]] | [[Category:New York]] | ||
[[Category:New York City]] | |||
[[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | [[Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] | ||
[[Category:Public Art]] | [[Category:Public Art]] | ||
[[Category:August Henkel]] | [[Category:August Henkel]] | ||
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