Above: "Athletes No. 1," a crayon lithograph by Richard V. Correll (1904-1990), created while he was in the WPA's Federal Art Project, ca. 1935-1938. According to the website richardvcorrell.com, Correll's time in the WPA "confirmed his decision to pursue art professionally, and gave him (and many other artists as well) an opportunity to earn their livings as fine artists, practicing [art] for the first, and sometimes the only time in their lives" [Correll went on to become a successful commercial artist, and continued creating fine art too]. Image courtesy of the General Services Administration and the Baltimore Museum of Art.
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