Ferguson, Duncan, 1901-1974
Variant namesSculptor, teacher; La., Ohio, and Calif.
Ferguson was born in Shangai, China. He studied art with Albert H. Atkins and Robert Laurent. He worked on the WPA art project on the facades of the Louisiana State Office Building and Agricultural Building in Baton Rouge, and the U.S. Post Office in Leesville. He taught at Louisiana State University in the 1940s and was also an instructor in Cleveland on the Federal Art Project for Karamu House, a neighborhood art center designed to provide instruction in the visual and performing arts. He was active in the Socialist Workers Party and other socialist and left-wing groups. He died in Los Angeles in 1974.
From the description of Duncan Ferguson papers, 1920-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80567781
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| creatorOf | Ferguson, Duncan, 1901-1974. Duncan Ferguson : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation 1930?-1990 [graphic] [compiled by staff of The Museum of Modern Art, New York]. | Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection | |
| creatorOf | Duncan Ferguson papers | Archives of American Art |
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| associatedWith | Bell, Cleo. | person |
| associatedWith | Gray, Laura. | person |
| associatedWith | Holt, Frederick Rodney. | person |
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Person
Birth 1901-01-01
Death 1974-04-29
