Above: "Foot of Glacier, Valdez, Alaska," an oil painting by Vernon Smith (1894-1969), created while he was in the WPA, ca. 1937-1941. In the June 22nd, 1941 edition of The Miami News, it was reported that "An art exhibition entitled 'Alaska' opens on Monday in the music room of the administration building of the University of Miami. It consists of 14 paintings by Prescott Jones and Vernon Smith, Massachusetts artists who were among 12 of outstanding ability, from various parts of the country, assigned for a period of work in Alaska under the WPA Art program" ("'Alaska' Art Exhibit To Be Shown At University Administration Hall"). Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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