FDR’s schoolmate and friend, artist George Biddle (1885-1973) in 1936, at work on his mural Society Freed Through Justice, in the Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection. 1936. Archives of American Art. Original caption: Biddle at work on a panel of the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, Section of Painting and Sculpture - sponsored mural entitled, "Society Freed through Justice", located in the fifth-floor lobby of the Attorney-General's office in the Justice Department Building, Washington, D.C. ... on accompanying label ...: George Biddle (1885- ). Biddle received his law degree but immediately turned to art. His murals decorate government buildings in the United States, Brazil, and Mexico. He was active in helping to set up the Federal Art Project in the Thirties. Being an artist of great versatility, he has worked in stone, clay, paint, wood, and block printing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Biddle

#OTD in 1934
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#FDR's Treasury Secretary, #HenryMorgenthau, Jr., creates the #TreasurySection of Painting and Sculpture (later 'of Fine Arts') “to secure for the Government the best art which this country is capable of producing, with merit as the only test.”
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