Free classes in drawing painting sculpture and photography for adults – Vintage Poster
(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: Free classes in drawing painting sculpture and photography for adults, preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Free classes in drawing painting sculpture and photography for adults
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This silkscreen poster from 1936 advertises free adult classes in drawing, painting, sculpture, and photography in New York, a pitch that spoke directly to an era of mass unemployment. It was produced under the Federal Art Project, a branch of the Works Progress Administration that employed artists during the Depression and ran community art instruction alongside its creative work. The Federal Art Project's poster division was known for using silkscreen, a relatively inexpensive method that let artists produce bold, flat-color designs in quantity for public notices. A 1939 date stamp on the back shows the sheet was still in circulation or in storage several years after it was printed.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jun 28 1939. 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. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,730 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 14_Free_classes_in_drawing_1936 |
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