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Paintings - artists on the Federal Art Project [?], W.P.A. – Vintage Poster

Paintings - artists on the Federal Art Project [?], W.P.A., [1937 or 1938] — vintage poster
Paintings - artists on the Federal Art Project [?], W.P.A., [1937 or 1938]. Vintage poster from the WPA Posters collection.

(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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A window into the past: Paintings - artists on the Federal Art Project [?], W.P.A., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Paintings by artists working for the Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, are shown here in a New York exhibition setting. The catalog dates the scene to 1937 or 1938, when the project was employing thousands of painters, sculptors, and muralists across the country. Created in 1935 to put unemployed artists back to work during the Great Depression, the project sponsored galleries, community art centers, and traveling shows that brought modern American art to ordinary audiences. The record does not name the individual artists or the specific gallery, so the scene is best read as a window onto that wider effort to make art public.

Created / published[1937 or 1938]
GenreGouaches Color 1930-1940.
NotesUnprocessed in PR 13 CN 1991:200.1
SubjectsFederal Art Project--Exhibitions & displays--1930-1940. Art exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. Painting--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,801 × 4,745 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219498

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