Belle Baranceanu - Life, Art, and the New Deal Renaissance

In this first biography of artist Belle Baranceanu, Jennifer Peoples Hernandez tells the riveting story of a woman who overcame insurmountable odds to become the most important female muralist in San Diego during the Great Depression and one of California's foremost Modern artists.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The First American
Chapter 2: Childhood and Homesteading in North Dakota, 1904-1920
Chapter 3: Becoming an Artist, 1920-1926
Chapter 4: The Los Angeles Period, 1927-1929
Chapter 5: Grief and Depression, Chicago, 1929-1932
Chapter 6: Relief
Chapter 7: The Federal Government becomes a Patron of the Arts, 1933-1934
Chapter 8: The Emergency Work Relief Program in San Diego, 1934-1935
Chapter 9: A World's Fair and a Growing Art Community
Chapter 10: A Second New Deal for the Arts
Chapter 11: Decorating the Post Office
Chapter 12: The Federal Art Project
Chapter 13: The End of an Era

About the author

Jennifer Hernandez teaches at San Diego Mesa College.

Summary

In this first biography of artist Belle Baranceanu, Jennifer Peoples Hernandez tells the riveting story of a woman who overcame insurmountable odds to become the most important female muralist in San Diego during the Great Depression and one of California's foremost Modern artists.

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Hernandez, Jennifer Peoples Hernandez
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2022
• EAN: 9781793612120
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-212-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, ART / History / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas