Exhibition - oil paintings Federal Art Gallery – Antique Poster Print
(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.)
Description
Step back in time with Exhibition - oil paintings Federal Art Gallery, a vintage poster rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It brings character to any room and makes a memorable gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Exhibition - oil paintings Federal Art Gallery
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Designed for the Federal Art Gallery in Boston, this poster announces an exhibition of oil paintings in the flat, bold color of silkscreen printing. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, used posters like this to publicize its gallery shows during the Depression, and the method let artists make many inexpensive copies. A date stamp on the back reads March 20, 1937, roughly a year after the poster's listed date, a reminder that these works often stayed in circulation well beyond their original purpose.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Mar 20 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 30 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art exhibitions--Massachusetts--Boston--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 1,032 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 118_Exhibition_oil_paintin_1936 |
More from the WPA Posters collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![WPA exhibition water colors [and] prints Federal Art Gallery / HG [monogram].](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3a/3a84274a8115-400.webp)
![WPA exhibition [of] Dorothy Loeb [and] Blanche Lazzell Federal Art Gallery 77 Newbury](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d9/d941d8a42c9a-400.webp)
![WPA exhibition [of] Dorothy Loeb [and] Blanche Lazzell Federal Art Gallery 77 Newbury](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/46/4657c0a505b0-400.webp)
