Author: CT State Library

Daugherty, James Henry (1887-1974) James Henry Daugherty and John Steuart Curry were two popular artists when they worked for the Connecticut WPA Federal Arts Project. Daugherty is considered more of a Connecticut “son” because he spent so much of his life in Westport and Weston. Much has been written about Daugherty’s career which included many styles: abstraction, early mo...

DeCarlo, Victor (1916-1973)Little is known about Victor DeCarlo. He was a National Youth Administration Student who came to work for the WPA in 1938-1940. He was a painter and a member of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club. DeCarlo painted four easel works for the WPA. Sources: WPA Artist’s Work Card; AskART; WPA Federal Arts Project Newsletter (ND).Works of Art Listed in CT Arc...

DeMaio, Salvatore (1908-1960) Salvatore DeMaio was born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1908. He attended the city’s public schools. He entered the Yale School of Fine Arts, and in 1930, his senior year, won the Prix de Rome which granted him a free residence in Rome and an $8,000 scholarship for three years to study there and in other European cities. When DeMaio returned to t...

Dahler, Warren (1887-1961)Warren Dahler was born on October 12, 1887, in New York City. He studied at the National Academy of Design and the University of Chicago. He was a member of the Silvermine Guild of Artists in New Canaan and the National Society of Mural Painters. Dahler worked on the predecessor to the WPA Federal Arts Project, the Public Works of Art Project. He compl...

Covey, Arthur Sinclair (1877-1960) Arthur Sinclair Covey was born on June 13, 1877, in Leroy, Illinois. He studied at Southwestern College in Kansas and the Chicago Art Institute. In 1904 he studied in Munich, Germany. He went on to work as a staff artist for several publications then taught at the Chicago Art Institute and later at the London Art Institute. Upon returning fro...

Corda, Mariano (?)Little is known about Mariano Corda except that he lived in New Haven, Connecticut when he worked for the WPA from 1938-1939. Corda was known for his woodcarving. He shared a studio on Chapel Street in New Haven with Michele Martino. The two of them worked on the mahogany relief of John Charles McCarty, a deceased superintendent of schools. (See photographs fo...

Conlon, James H. P. (1894-1975)James Conlon was born in Meriden, Connecticut in 1894. He studied at the Connecticut Art Students’ League, and one of his teachers was Charles Noel Flagg, one of the most influential Connecticut artists of his generation. Conlon also studied at the Art Students’ League of New York. During the First World War he served with the Army Air Corps, prod...

Collins, John (?)The only evidence that exists documenting John Collins’ participation in the Connecticut Federal Arts Project consists of two photographs showing him painting. We know nothing about his life.Works of Art Listed in CT Archives' database from John Collins:Collins, John

Cirigliano, Frank (?)Little is known about Frank Cirigliano except that he may have been a member of the Connecticut League of Art and that he lived in Hartford.  In 1941 he painted 6 easels for the WPA art project. Sources: WPA Artist’s Work Card; Photo Standalone 30, Hartford Courant, February 28, 1932.Works of Art Listed in CT Archives' database from Frank Cirigliano:Twin Sh...