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Michael J. Gallagher (artist)
Michael J. Gallagher (American Artist) born Scranton, PA 1898-died Philadelphia, PA 1965. Gallagher was born into a mining family in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Scranton, PA where he lived until he joined the U.S. Army in World War I. In 1919, Gallagher was diagnosed with tuberculosis and returned home to be treated. A doctor noticed Gallagher’s immense artistic talent and suggested that he apply for scholarships to attend the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia Museum and School of Industrial Art. Gallagher followed this advice and began his formal art training. After graduating, Gallagher made his living as a magazine illustrator. During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt and congress passed multiple work relief programs, Roosevelt commenced a $5 billion program called Works Progress Administration, Works Progress Administration (WPA), which sought to employee Americans in various fields including artists under the Federal Arts Project(FAP) I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Scranton is the largest city in Northeastern Pennsylvania, the Wyoming Valley, and the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre–Hazleton Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 562,037 as of 2020. It is List of cities and boroughs in Pennsylvania by population, the sixth largest city in Pennsylvania. The contiguous network of five cities and more than 40 boroughs all built in a straight line in Northeastern Pennsylvania's urban area act culturally and logistically as one continuous city, so while the city of Scranton itself is a smaller town, the larger unofficial city of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre contains nearly half a million residents in roughly 200 square miles. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre is the cultural and economic center of a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
