Another, titled "A Work of American Art in Every American Home," was made to publicize National Art Week in 1941. The posters came out of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), President ...

But rather than bail out the big boys, America invested in its workers. Works Progress Administration (WPA) famously put Americans to work constructing and repairing schools, libraries ...

The chasm between Guston’s proposal and the completed mural hints at the reason WPA work can be challenging to engage with as art, rather than as history or propaganda: Created for government ...

"The work that's in this exhibition was made during ... art in the exhibit because it is often overlooked when showcasing WPA art. They also made a point of including women artists such as Helen ...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a groundbreaking job program designed to provide unemployed Americans with work and income during a time when many were “on the dole” and struggling ...

A hard worker, he took time off from his WPA job to do a series of murals for Manhattan’s Hotel Lexington, where he brought guffaws from hotel guests by painting New York’s Mayor LaGuardia as ...

Of all of President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is the most famous, because it affected so many people’s lives. Roosevelt’s work-relief program ...

In response to the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) created jobs for over 8 million people between 1935 and 1943. While data on the racial composition of WPA workers isn ...

Isolated in the rural American Southwest and navigating the harsh realities of poverty in the 1930s, a small group of artists made sublime abstract art that sought to intuitively connect viewers ...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a groundbreaking job program designed to provide unemployed Americans with work and income during a time when many were “on the dole” and struggling ...