Section of Painting and Sculpture
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Section of Painting and Sculpture
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The Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture was a New Deal art project established on October 16, 1934, and administered by the Procurement Division of the United States Department of the Treasury. Commonly known as the Section, it was renamed the Section of Fine Arts in 1939. Its primary mission was the embellishment of public buildings — including many United States post offices — through site-specific murals and sculptures commissioned on a competitive basis. The program all but ceased to
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American New Deal work-relief project (1934–1943)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_of_Painting_and_Sculpture
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2022-10-25T01:33:50Z
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