Edward Bruce (New Deal)

Edward Bright Bruce was the administrator of the New Deal art projects of the United States Department of the Treasury: the Public Works of Art Project (1933–1934), the Section of Painting and Sculpture (1934–1943), and the Treasury Relief Art Project (1935–1938). Ned Bruce was a successful lawyer and entrepreneur before giving up his business career altogether at the age of 43 to become an artist. However, like most artists during the Depression, he found it impossible to make a living making art, and he grudgingly returned to business as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. In 1932 he joined the Treasury Department, where his expertise in monetary policy and art guided federal efforts to employ workers in the visual arts during the Great Depression in the United States.

13 April 1879

Born on the same birth date (13 April 1879): Oswald Bruce Cooper

Born on the same birth day (13 April): Aaron Lewis • Allison Williams (actress) • April 13 • Christina of Holstein-Gottorp • Circle Repertory Company • David Robinson (philanthropist) • Fred Barnett (English footballer) • Herbert Yardley • Jean-Jacques Laffont • Jim McNab • Mahmoud Kahraba • Mikhail Shufutinsky • Peabo Bryson • Robert Orville Anderson • Rudi Völler • Tim Krabbé • William Sadler (actor)

Born in the same month (April 1879): Arthur Berriedale Keith • Arthur Robertson (athlete) • Bernhard Gregory • Bernhard Gregory • Bernhard Schmidt • Eric Campbell (actor) • Henri Tauzin • Korneli Kekelidze • Melville Henry Cane • Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien • Oswald Bruce Cooper • Owen Willans Richardson • Paul Poiret • Richárd Weisz • Stanislaus Zbyszko • Susanna Bokoyni