Robert Bruce Inverarity
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Robert Bruce Inverarity was an American artist, art educator, photographer, museum director, author, and anthropologist. He was the Washington State Director of the Federal Arts Project from 1936 to 1
Robert Bruce Inverarity, self-portrait, 1938. Robert Bruce Inverarity papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
San Francisco Cable Car, woodblock print,1935, by Robert Bruce Inverarity.
Aurora Sky, Robert Bruce Inverarity, pastel, 1931.
Spokane Art Center
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The Spokane Art Center in Spokane, Washington, was a community art school opened in 1938 as part of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project during the Great Depression. Its staff inclu
Robert Bruce Inverarity
…Fay Chong, Julius Twohy, Z. Vanessa Helder, Joseph Solman, James FitzGerald, Kenneth Downer, and Ruth Egri) and oversaw the creation of the popular Spokane Art Center. His tenure was not without controversy. Artists and financial backers of the program questioned his management style and artistic credentials, while…
Spokane Art Center, front entrance, 1939. Photographer unknown. Archives of American Art/Smithsonian Institution.