Free instruction for children in painting & drawing – Vintage Poster Wall Art
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(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 Free instruction for children in painting & drawing in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Free instruction for children in painting & drawing
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Tugboats set this gouache apart from the other works on the board, and they suggest a harbor setting for a title that otherwise speaks only of free lessons for children. Dated 1937, it belongs to the years when the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project offered free art instruction in cities across the country, often through neighborhood art centers. Gouache, an opaque water-based paint, was well suited to bold, flat designs meant to catch the eye on a public notice. The piece reflects a period when government art programs tried to put creative training within reach of families who could not afford private lessons.
| Created / published | [1937] |
|---|---|
| Genre | Gouaches Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1991:200.5 |
| Subjects | Children--Education--1930-1940. Art education--1930-1940. Painting--1930-1940. Drawing--1930-1940. Tugboats--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,724 × 4,716 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219500 |
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