Art classes for children / Bender. – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage poster captures Art classes for children / Bender. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Aimed at young people in Chicago, this 1940 silkscreen poster promotes art classes for children, a program sponsored by the Federal Art Project of the Work Projects Administration. During the Depression, the Federal Art Project offered free instruction in community centers and schools, which gave unemployed artists paid work and brought creative training to families who could not afford private lessons. The poster's flat, bold color reflects silkscreen, a method the WPA poster division used widely because it was inexpensive to produce in quantity and could be carried out by workers with limited printing experience.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 145 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Children--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Art education--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 992 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 85_Art_classes_for_childre_1940 |
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