American WPA Era Art, New Deal Art From other websites

American WPA Era Art

New Deal Art

(above: Prescott Jones, Church at Pigeon Cove, 1936, 21.7 x 17.5 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1979.10.5. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

(above: Stuart Carson Edie, Upstate Sheriff c. 1935-43, gouache on paperboard, 21.8 x 15.8 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1971.447.21. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

From other websites:

1934: A New Deal for Artists, an exhibit held May 26 - August 21, 2011 at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. Includes online video. Accessed April, 2015.

A New Deal for Illinois: The Federal Art Project Collection of Western Illinois University, an exhibit held September 14, 2013 - January 5, 2014 at the Figge Art Museum. Includes images. Accessed August, 2015.

Arkansas Post Office Murals from University of Central Arkansas. Accessed August, 2015

Art for the People: Carl W. Peters and the Rochester WPA Murals is a 2015 exhibit at the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester which says: "This exhibition will highlight a group of recently restored mural studies by Rochester artist Carl W. Peters for 13 extant WPA murals, most of which were done for the Rochester City School District. Also featuring additional work by Peters and a series of WPA posters on loan from the Library of Congress, this exciting project illuminates an important moment in local and national history." Accessed 8/18

Art for the People: WPA Era-Paintings from the Dijkstra Collection is a 2023 exhibit at the Oceanside Museum of Art which says: "Drawn from the collection of San Diego collectors Sandra and Bram Dijkstra, this exhibition features a series of works created during the years between the American stock market crash of 1929 and World War II and offers an expansive view of work from often-overlooked artists with a diverse range of backgrounds, locales, and worldviews. During this era, which led to and included the government sponsored WPA (Works Progress Administration) of the 1930s and 1940s, many American artists created scenes that represented the state of the country and sought to produce art that expressed fundamental human concerns and basic democratic principles. The scale of these state-run programs was unprecedented, and many artists produced works that explored the hardships of the era and the government's response. Given the relevance of these themes to the present day, this collection of artwork holds particular significance. Accessed 9/23

By the People, For the People: Posters from the WPA, 1936-1943 from the Library of Congress, including sections on understanding the collection of the LOC, special presentations and information on working with the collection. Accessed August, 2015.

(above: Dong Kingman, Coastline, California, c. 1935-41, 15.7 x 22 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1985.8.9. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Additional paintings by Dong Kingman

"Chatham Post Office Mural Depicts Southern Harvest" By Herman E. Melton, Special to the Star-Tribune, Chatham, Virginia, March 21, 2001. Accessed August, 2015.

The Chicago Humanities Festival presents a Terra Foundation for American Art lecture series with art history slideshows online including "Picturing New Deal America: Visual Art and National Identity," November 8, 2008, by art historian Erika Doss. Accessed August, 2015.

Enough to Live On: Art from the WPA is a 2017 exhibit at the Krannert Art Museum which says: "This exhibition focuses on WPA works -- prints, paintings, and sculptures -- allocated from the federal government that are currently housed in the museum's permanent collection." Accessed 2/19

Federal Art Project, from Wikipedia. accessed July, 2015

For the People: Nebraska's New Deal Art is an online exhibition of works by Nebraska artists, produced while they were employed by the Civil Works Administration in 1933 - 34, from Nebraska State Historical Society. Accessed August, 2015.

Prints from the WPA, from M. Lee Stone Fine Prints, Inc. Accessed August, 2015.

(above: David Stone Martin, Electrification, 1940, Tempera on cardboard. Treasury Section of Fine Arts, Fine Arts Collection, General Services Administration)

(above: Cora Easton: Coyote on the Road, c. 1936-39, 12 x 20 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1985.65.17. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Indians at the Post Office: Native Themes in New Deal-Era Murals from Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Accessed August, 2015.

National New Deal Preservation Association website. Accessed August, 2015.

"New Deal" Art in New Mexico" by Kathryn Flynn from Collector's Guide. Accessed August, 2015.

New Deal Art: the WPA and FAP from askArt. Accessed August, 2015.

New Deal Art During the Great Depression from Nancy Lorance. This website contains information on art for each state in the US, biographical information on artists, and much more.

(above: Marianne Appel, Ebb-Tide, Juneau, 1939, 15 x 20 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1974.28.280. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

"New Deal Muralists: 'not in harmony with existing conditions'" from McKinzie, Richard D. The New Deal for Artists (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973) - Fletcher Martin's Mine Rescue, a mural proposed for the Kellogg, Idaho, Post Office, but rejected by local businessmen. Accessed August, 2015.

New Deal Post Office Murals from Parma Conservation. Accessed August, 2015.

New Deal for the Arts from Archives of American Art. Accessed August, 2015.

"Off The Wall: New Deal Post Office Murals" by Patricia Raynor, from The National Postal Museum, a Smithsonian Institution museum. Accessed August, 2015.

Michael W. Padwee maintained as of May 2013 "a blog about ceramic and terra cotta tiles used in architecture and architectural ornamentation in New York" named Tiles in New York. Mr. Padwee is an historian and collector of United States art tiles. A May 1, 2013 entry covers Newark WPA tile murals. Accessed August, 2015.

"Post Office Murals" by Philip Parisi, from Texas State Historical Association. Accessed August, 2015.

Revisiting Federal Art in Cleveland 1933-43 by Sharon E. Dean, Ph.D. from the Cleveland Artists Foundation. Accessed August, 2015.

Single G Mural at the Cambridge City, Indiana Post Office from Waynet. Inc. Accessed August, 2015.

The Work of Art: The Federal Art Project, 1935-1943 is a 2024 exhibit at the Saint Louis Art Museum which says: "This exhibition draws from the particular makeup of the FAP collection at SLAM to examine how art works to bridge communities near and far. From the vantage point of St. Louis, The Work of Art asks: who was supported as an artist? For which audiences and what purposes was art made? And what does it look like to picture a nation through the eyes of artists working across its breadth?" Accessed 10/24

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) Collection from the Illinois State Museum. Accessed August, 2015.

The WPA: An Exhibition of Works Progress Administration (WPA) Literature and Art from the Collections of the Bienes Center for the Literary Arts from Broward County Library (Florida) (Bienes Center for the Literary Arts). Accessed August, 2015.

Women and the WPA: As Seen Through RAM's Collection is a 2023 exhibit at the Racine Art Museum which says: "As seen through their artwork, these women artists reflected on the world around them -- capturing the social, cultural, and everyday climate of a nation battling financial depression and somewhat unknowingly on the brink of a world war. While specific artists can be linked with the works on paper, most of the textile samples are attributed to anonymous craftspeople associated with the Milwaukee Handicraft Project (MHP). The MHP was a landmark Wisconsin-based endeavor that employed over 5,000 people -- mainly women and many of color -- to create handcrafted domestic-oriented goods to be sold to schools, libraries, and other public institutions". Accessed 7/23

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