- Name
- Lily Furedi
- Born
- Budapest, Hungary
- Died
- New York, New York
- born Budapest, Hungary 1896-died New York City 1969
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- New York, New York
- Nationalities
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American
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Lily Furedi
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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.
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