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Artist: August Henkel Confronting Bodies: Federal Art Project Date of Action: 1940 Specific Location: Brooklyn, New York Description of Artwork: August Henkel's murals Description of Incident: August Henkel's murals at Brooklyn's Floyd Bennet Airport are taken down and destroyed. The Relief Bill of 1940 required artists to sign loyalty oath of Federal Art Project artists and specifically excluded communists from the program. August Henkel refused to sign the loyalty oath in the FAP contract, resulting in the removal of his murals. Results of Incident: In 1943 all funding for the WPA stops. Source: Art Journal, "Time Line," Robert Atkins, Fall '91, Vol. 50 #3,pg. 34 |