Cotton Industry in Contemporary America
"Cotton Industry in Contemporary America"
New Deal Agencies: Federal Art Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Artists: Monty Lewis
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Description
Under the WPA Federal Arts Project, artist Monty Lewis installed a large double fresco depicting “The Cotton Industry in Contemporary America” in 1936. The fresco may be in the auditorium or in a corridor.
At the time of installation, this building was the High School of Industrial Arts. It later became the Sarah J. Hale High School and then, in 2001, the Brooklyn High School of the Arts.
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The Cotton Industry in America by Monty Lewis
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The Cotton Industry in America by Monty Lewis
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Monty Lewis and a team of WPA-FAP artists at work on the fresco for “Cotton Industry in Contemporary America”
Cotton Industry in Contemporary America
Monty Lewis and a team of WPA-FAP artists at work on the fresco for "Cotton Industry in Contemporary America"
Source notes
http://sjhalehs.org/history.htm http://schools.nyc.gov/community/facilities/PublicArt/Art/artitem.htm?e=7&an=21047 National Archives and Records Administration, Negative 18607-D National Archives and Records Administration, Negative 18970-D
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May 1,2019
Monty Lewis is my father. Four 1946 mosaics will be reinstalled in the NEW Trenton High school Opening in September 2019.