Watch to learn more about James Auchiah’s contribution to the landscape of public art during the New Deal. Graduate Intern Margaret Martien discusses his spectacular mural at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C.. Auchiah was one of six Native artists selected by the U.S. government to create powerful murals for the building’s interior.
Image Captions (in order of appearance):
James Auchiah, “Harvest Dance,” 1939, oil on plaster, 96 x 600 inches. GSA Fine Arts Collection, Washington, D.C.
Edgar Britton, “Work of the Petroleum Division of the Bureau of Mines,” 1939, fresco, 106 x 235 inches. GSA Fine Arts Collection, Washington, D.C.
Photographs showing the preparation of “Harvest Dance” in the employee cafeteria, National Archives (121-GA-AUCH).
Photograph of Kiowa artists James Auchiah and Monroe Tsatoke. Photographed by Oscar B. Jacobson in his garden in Norman, Oklahoma, 1929-1930. National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (P19450).
“Tribal Artists go to Washington,” The Daily Oklahoman, February 25, 1940, 52.
Explore our collection: https://www.art.gsa.gov/
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""Watch to learn more about James Auchiah’s contribution to the landscape of public art during the New Deal. Graduate Intern Margaret Martien discusses his spectacular mural at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C.. Auchiah was one of six Native artists selected by the U.S. government to create powerful murals for the building’s interior.
Image Captions (in order of appearance):
James Auchiah, “Harvest Dance,” 1939, oil on plaster, 96 x 600 inches. GSA Fine Arts Collection, Washington, D.C.
Edgar Britton, “Work of the Petroleum Division of the Bureau of Mines,” 1939, fresco, 106 x 235 inches. GSA Fine Arts Collection, Washington, D.C.
Photographs showing the preparation of “Harvest Dance” in the employee cafeteria, National Archives (121-GA-AUCH).
Photograph of Kiowa artists James Auchiah and Monroe Tsatoke. Photographed by Oscar B. Jacobson in his garden in Norman, Oklahoma, 1929-1930. National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution (P19450).
“Tribal Artists go to Washington,” The Daily Oklahoman, February 25, 1940, 52.
Explore our collection: https://www.art.gsa.gov/
#gsa #art #publicart #usfineart #federalart #arts #artist #painter #mural #painting #fineart #fresco #historicbuilding #historicplaces #dcarchitecture #dc #washingtondc #dcart #jamesauchiah #auchiah #federalbuilding #kiowa #kiowasix #nativeamerican #nativeart #nativeartist