- Name
- Gerald Sargent Foster
- Also Known as
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Gerald Foster
- Born
- Westfield, New Jersey
- Died
- Orangeburg, South Carolina
- born Westfield, NJ 1900-died Orangeburg, SC 1987
- Nationalities
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American
- Linked Open Data
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Gerald Sargent Foster
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1934: A New Deal for Artists
During the Great Depression, president Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised a “new deal for the American people,” initiating government programs to foster economic recovery. Roosevelt’s pledge to help “the forgotten man” also embraced America’s artists.
