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'''Holger Cahill''' (born ''Sveinn Kristján Bjarnason'' in [[Skógaströnd]] in [[Iceland]], [[1887]] - [[1960]]) was the National Director of the [[Federal Art Project]] (FAP), a federal patron of [[art]] that existed between 1935 and 1943 as part of the [[New Deal]]'s [[Works Progress Administration]]. Cahill worked to bring the Pragmatic philosophy of American thinker and author of [[Democracy]] and [[Education]] [[John Dewey]] to bear in federal art, seeking to fashion a more democratic aesthetic that was accessible to the average American. He died in 1960. |
'''Holger Cahill''' (born ''Sveinn Kristján Bjarnason'' in [[Skógaströnd]] in [[Iceland]], [[1887]] - [[1960]]) was the National Director of the [[Federal Art Project]] (FAP), a federal patron of [[art]] that existed between 1935 and 1943 as part of the [[New Deal]]'s [[Works Progress Administration]]. Cahill worked to bring the Pragmatic philosophy of American thinker and author of [[Democracy]] and [[Education]] [[John Dewey]] to bear in federal art, seeking to fashion a more democratic aesthetic that was accessible to the average American. He died in 1960. |
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Holger Cahill (born Sveinn Kristján Bjarnason in Skógaströnd in Iceland, 1887 - 1960) was the National Director of the Federal Art Project (FAP), a federal patron of art that existed between 1935 and 1943 as part of the New Deal's Works Progress Administration. Cahill worked to bring the Pragmatic philosophy of American thinker and author of Democracy and Education John Dewey to bear in federal art, seeking to fashion a more democratic aesthetic that was accessible to the average American. He died in 1960.
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