Artist: Alfred Caldwell Title: Fireplace Plan Detail Medium: Pencil on rosin paper Date: 1935 Credit Line: Dubuque Museum of Art. Gift of the Butler Family Foundation and Anonymous Donor in memory of Alfred & Geda Caldwell in Dubuque. Description: Alfred Caldwell (American, Missouri 1903 - Wisconsin 1998) represents a unique window to early 20th century principles and ideas about the land, ecology, conservation, public parks, architecture, and city and regional planning. These developments were centered in the Midwest, and for Caldwell, his direct associations with two revolutionary architects, Jens Jensen and Frank Lloyd Wright, greatly contributed to the broad interdisciplinary foundation of his extraordinary work in Dubuque. The city of Dubuque can claim an important WPA (Works Progress Administration) legacy through the outstanding contribution of Caldwell, a Chicago landscape designer who was appointed Superintendent of Parks in Dubuque in March 1934 through WPA funding, part of the Roosevelt administration’s New Deal Act. The 164 acre Eagle Point Park stretches along the bluffs north of Dubuque above the Mississippi River and holds most of this built legacy as Superintendent. This sketch illustrates Caldwell’s design for a fireplace lounge inside of the park’s Stone Shelter House. Content can be used with the following standards: 3rd grade SS 3.28 Cultural Contributions in a lesson on art culture and artists in Iowa. For any use other than instructional resources, please check with the organization that owns this item regarding copyright restrictions.
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