New Deal Art: "Local Industries"

Above: "Local Industries," an oil painting and mural study by Natalie Smith Henry (1907-1992), created while she was in the New Deal's Section of Fine Arts, ca. 1940. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

(A closer look at the left-half of the painting.)

(A closer look at the right-half of the painting.)

New Deal Art: "Spring Flowers"

Above: "Spring Flowers," an oil painting by Kathryne Hail Travis (1894-1972), created while she was in the New Deal's Public Works of Art Project, ca. 1934. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

New Deal Art: "Trysting at Evening"

Above: "Trysting at Evening," an oil painting by Josephine Joy (1869-1948), created while she was in the WPA's Federal Art Project, ca. 1935-1939. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

New Deal Art: Wharf Markets of Monterey, California

Above: "Wharf Markets," an egg tempera on paperboard by artist Victor Hugo Basinet (1889-1956), created while he was in the WPA's Federal Art Project, 1936. The painting shows a scene in Monterey, California. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

New Deal Art: "Mirror Pool"

Above: "Mirror Pool," an oil and graphite painting by Vincent Canade (1879-1961), created while he was in the WPA's Federal Art Project, ca. 1935-1936. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.