Federal Art in New England WPA exhibition poster – Historic Poster Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Federal Art in New England WPA exhibition poster comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Federal Art in New England WPA exhibition poster
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Few posters from the Works Progress Administration's art program announce a regional show as plainly as this one, which promotes Federal Art in New England. The Federal Art Project, part of the WPA from 1935 until it was closed in 1943, employed artists to paint murals, make prints, and design posters for public spaces. Its poster division relied heavily on silkscreen, which produced flat, bold areas of color that were inexpensive to print in quantity and easy to read from across a street. Posters like this one show how the program used graphic design to bring art to ordinary audiences during the Depression.
| Original scan | 1,500 × 2,121 px · prints to 5 × 7 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 45 |
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