This was the genesis of Art for the People: Carl W. Peters and the Rochester WPA Murals, an exhibit opening Oct. 18 and running through Jan. 3 at the MAG. A sprawling collection of Peters ...

It is believed that only about a quarter of the more than 1,000 murals painted in the Illinois WPA program still remain. Many, including about 12 at Cook County Hospital, were destroyed as ...

Becker documented the restoration of these masterpieces and hundreds of others in her 2002 book, “Art of the People: the Rediscovery and Preservation of Progressive–and WPA-era Murals in ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. In this March 13, 2012 photo, a replica of the Works Progress Administration mural "Construction-St. Cloud" by artist David Granahan hangs in the lobby ...

Donation Options Search Search Search “Child and Sports–Winter,” a WPA mural removed from a cafeteria at Percy Julian Middle School. | Barbara Bernstein/New Deal Art Registry Share A ...

A more immediate pleasure on opening day was afforded by about 5,000 square feet of interior murals done by WPA artists under the direction of many-minded Hilaire Hiler (pronounced Hillair Hyler ...

When we think of the era, we think of the paintings, prints, murals, and photographs created under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and of the posters, propaganda ...

Three fresco murals on the south wall of the Bay State Street post office by California artist Gordon K. Grant were part of a 1930’s New Deal Works Progress Administration project. They were ...

Painting the four-wall mural, “Law & Culture,” in the federal courthouse, now Cedar Rapids City Hall. On Dec. 9, 1935, The Gazette published photos of idle workers at a WPA site in southeast ...