Above: "Native's Shack, Ketchikan, Alaska," a painting by Ferdinand Lo Pinto (1906-1980) created while he was in the WPA's Federal Art Project, 1937. According to a biography on AskArt, Lo Pinto was one of 13 artists sent to Alaska by the WPA, to do 70 paintings. Lo Pinto also did illustrations for The WPA Guide to Alaska, as well as set designs for the WPA's Federal Theatre Project. There doesn't seem to be a lot of information recorded about his later years; however, his name appears in many old newspapers from Pennsylvania (where the biography on AskArt says he moved to in the 1950s), and they indicate that he remained very active in the art community, for example, being named as co-director of the Baum Art School in Allentown ("Baum Art School Board Elects 3 New Directors," The Morning Call (Allentown, Pennsylvania), January 18, 1969). Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Above: "Raven and Frog" totem pole, Saxman Indian Village, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, ca. 1939. This totem pole was restored with the assistance of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Photo courtesy of the National Archives.
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