Art classes for children – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Art classes for children, a vintage poster rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Chicago is the setting for this 1940 poster, which announces art classes for children at a time when the city was among the places where the Federal Art Project offered free instruction to local residents. Sponsored by the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, it was printed in silkscreen, a low-cost method the program's poster unit used to produce bold, flat-color notices for public buildings. A date stamped on the back, February 16, 1940, places it in the program's final years before wartime demand reshaped federal arts work.
| Created / published | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Date stamped on verso: Feb 16 1940. Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles: Wheatly Press c1987 no. 157. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art education--Illinois--Chicago--1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 994 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 88_Art_classes_for_childre_1940 |
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