Wednesday, September 25, 2019

New Deal Art: "Stone Crusher" by Edmund Lewandowski

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Above: "Stone Crusher," a painting by Edmund Lewandowski (1914-1998), created while he was in the WPA, ca. 1935-1943. Lewandow...
Thursday, September 19, 2019

New Deal Art: "Mesquite Wood Train" by Frederick Grayson Sayre

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Above: "Mesquite Wood Train," an oil painting by Frederick Grayson Sayre created while he was in the WPA, ca. 1937. Sayre was ...
Sunday, September 15, 2019

New Deal Art: "Pipe Plant" by Holland Foster

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Above: "Pipe Plant," an oil painting by Holland Foster (1906-1984), created while he was in the New Deal's Public Works of...
Saturday, September 7, 2019

WPA art classes for children in North Carolina

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Above: This photo was taken between 1935 and 1943, and the description for it reads: "Children working at their easels in a child a...
Saturday, August 31, 2019

New Deal Art: "Cincinnati Industries"

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Above: "Cincinnati Industries," an oil painting by William Harry Gothard (1908-1968), created while he was in the New Deal...
Friday, July 26, 2019

A New Deal for the Performing Arts: 1,121 new or improved bandshells and outdoor theatres

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Above: The Castle Amphitheater in Provo, Utah, built by WPA workers, 1936-1937. Photo by Richard Walker, Creative Commons, 2019 . Duri...
Monday, July 22, 2019

New Deal Art: "Dehousing"

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Above: "Dehousing," a lithograph by David Burke, created while he was in the WPA, ca. 1935-1943. Image courtesy of the Metropo...