Hundreds are receiving free instruction Drawing painting weaving lithography sculptur – 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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Hundreds are receiving free instruction Drawing painting weaving lithography sculptur comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Hundreds are receiving free instruction Drawing painting weaving lithography sculptur
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Hundreds of New Yorkers could take free classes in drawing, painting, weaving, lithography, and sculpture, and this silkscreen poster announces that offer. It was produced under the Federal Art Project, a branch of the Works Progress Administration that employed artists during the Depression and ran art instruction for adults across the city. Silkscreen was a relatively new technique for posters at the time, and the WPA poster units used it to make inexpensive, bold graphics for public notices. The date stamped on the back, February 1938, shows the sheet was still in circulation or in use about two years after it was first printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Feb 9 1938. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Adult education--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Art education--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Handicraft--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,721 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 15_Hundreds_are_receiving_1936 |
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