Exhibition of oil paintings by artists in the easel division of the W.P.A. Federal Ar – 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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This rare vintage poster captures Exhibition of oil paintings by artists in the easel division of the W.P.A. Federal Ar in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Exhibition of oil paintings by artists in the easel division of the W.P.A. Federal Ar
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This 1936 silkscreen poster announces an exhibition of oil paintings by artists working in the easel division of the Federal Art Project, one of the Works Progress Administration's arts programs. The easel division employed painters to produce studio works, many of which went to public buildings, schools, and community spaces, and the poster advertises the show in the bold flat color that the WPA's poster workshops used to reach passersby cheaply. The Federal Art Project gave thousands of unemployed artists paid work during the Depression, and posters like this one show how the agency publicized its own output.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 50 · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art exhibitions--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. Oil paintings--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 986 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 172_Exhibition_of_oil_paint_1936 |
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