American WPA Era Art

New Deal Art

Books:

The New Deal for Artists, by Richard D. McKinzie. (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1973)

Works Progress Administration's Alaska Art Project, 1937: a retrospective exhibition, by Lynn K. Binek, Karl Eugene Fortess, Merlin F. Pollock, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Alaska State Museum, University of Alaska Museum, Anchorage Museum of History and Art. Published by Anchorage Museum of History and Art, 1987. Exhibition at Anchorage Museum of History and Art, May 10-Aug. 31, 1987, University of Alaska Museum, Oct. 31-Dec. 13, 1987 and Alaska State Museum Jan. 28-Mar. 3, 1988. 47 pages. Source: Google Books

 

 

(above: Josephine Joy, Trysting at Evening, c. 1935-39, 29.7 x 24 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1971.447.39. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

 

(above: Josephine Joy, Magnolia Blossoms, c. 1935-41, oil on canvas, 36.1 x 40.1 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1971.447.44. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

 

(above: Josephine Joy, San Diego Mission, c. 1935-41, oil on fibreboard, 39.7 x 48 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 11971.447.45. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

 

(above: Jenne Magafan, The Windmill, c. 1937, oil on canvas, 25 x 22 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1971.447.66. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

 


(above: Josephine Joy, Waterbirds Nesting, c. 1935-39, oil on canvas, 29.8 x 24 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1971.447.42. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

 

(above: Albany Institute of History and Art Exhibition, poster, WPA Federal Art Project)

 

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