1973 OBIT FOR GEORGE BIDDLE

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STUMBLED UPON THIS NOV 9, 1973 ARTICLE FROM THE International Herald Tribune with a brief obituary for Croton's George Biddle. Click on the image.

More about Biddle at: EverythingCroton: 1940, CROTON ARTISTS TO EXHIBIT AT WHITNEY MUSEUM

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Here's a 1963 audio oral history interview: Biddle, an American painter, muralist and lithographer, was best known for his social realism and combat art. A childhood friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, he played a major role in establishing the Federal Art Project (1935–43), which employed artists under the Works Progress Administration.   HEAR THE INTERVIEW AT https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-george-biddle-12696