Art
Caroline Durieux
Artist Caroline Wogan Durieux served as the director of the Louisiana office of the Federal Art Project.
Artist Caroline Wogan Durieux served as the director of the Louisiana office of the Federal Art Project.
The Farm Security Photography project was a Depression-era program that resulted in images which provided a unique glimpse into the lives of working-class Louisianans as they struggled to survive.
The Federal Art Project and Federal Writers Project helped employ out-of-work artists and writers during the Great Depression.
The Federal Art Project was a Depression-era effort to bring art and artists into the everyday lives of Americans while simultaneously extending work relief to artists.
The Federal Writers Project in Louisiana produced oral histories, local guidebooks, and other writings between 1935 and 1939.
Louisiana was deeply affected by the Great Depression when cotton, sugar, oil, and timber values plummeted, and the port of New Orleans experienced a precipitous decline in foreign trade.
During the Great Depression farm prices in Louisiana reached unheard-of lows and deepened rural poverty.
“Longism” refers to both the political machine and the radical populist doctrine established by Huey Long in Louisiana in 1928.
The term “Longism” refers to both the political machine and the radical populist doctrine established by Huey P. Long Jr. from the time he was elected governor in 1928 until about 1960.
The Public Works Administration projects in Louisiana during the Great Depression include numerous courthouses, university buildings, and Charity Hospital in New Orleans.
Nationally acclaimed photographer Russell Lee produced series of photographs on Louisiana life, including scenes of rural communities and New Orleans, for the Great Depression-era Farm Security Administration (FSA) project.
Walker Evans, recognized as the preeminent photographer of his generation, created many of his iconic images in New Orleans and along Louisiana's River Road.
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