Free instruction in painting & drawing Art Teaching Division of the Federal Art Proje – 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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Free instruction in painting & drawing Art Teaching Division of the Federal Art Proje 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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Free instruction in painting & drawing Art Teaching Division of the Federal Art Proje
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Promising free instruction in painting and drawing, this silkscreen poster was produced under the Federal Art Project, one of the arts programs of the Works Progress Administration. The Project's poster division used the stencil-based silkscreen process to make inexpensive, eye-catching notices for public events and services, and this one advertises the Art Teaching Division's classes in New York in 1936. The Works Progress Administration, which ran from 1935 to 1943, employed unemployed artists, many of whom taught in community centers and schools. A date stamp on the back, February 9, 1938, shows the sheet was filed or circulated well after it was 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 | Art education--New York (State)--New York--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,758 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 91_Free_instruction_in_pai_1936 |
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