"A glance back to the 1930s shows that many New Deal programs were innovative, even radical, in treating artists, writers, and playwrights as workers deserving of support. This was new in America, where artists since colonial times had been considered marginal “extras” in our society. John Singleton Copley (1738--1815) complained that he was regarded as “no better than a cobbler.” Thomas Eakins (1844--1916) lamented that “My honours are misunderstanding, persecution, and neglect, enhanced because unsought.” John Sloan (1871--1951) famously said, “The artist in America is regarded as the unwanted cockroach in the kitchen of a frontier society.”"
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