American WPA Era Art
New Deal Art
Introduction
This section of the Traditional
Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) catalogue Topics in
American Art is devoted to the topic "American WPA Era Art, New
Deal Art." Articles and essays specific to this topic published in
TFAO's Resource Library are listed
at the beginning of the section. Clicking on titles takes readers directly
to these articles and essays. The date at the end of each title is the Resource
Library publication date. (left: WPA logo)
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After "TFAO references" are links to valuable online resources found outside our website. Links may be to museums' articles about exhibits, plus much more topical information based on our online searches.
Following online resources is information about offline resources including museums, DVDs, and paper-printed books, journals and articles.
(above: Josephine Joy, Aloes, c. 1935-38, oil on canvas, 30 x 24.1 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1971.447.43. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Go to 34 Resource Library articles and essays honoring the American experience through its art
(above: Xavier Gonzalez 1898-1993, Music of the Plains (mural study, Kilgore, Texas Post Office), c. 1940, 15 x 17.5 in. Smithsonian American Art Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: Charles Heaney, Woodcutter, 1939, tempera on panel, 23 x 29 inches, courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration, New Deal Art Project, Portland Art Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
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(above: David Stone Martin, Electrification, 1940, Tempera on cardboard. Treasury Section of Fine Arts, Fine Arts Collection, General Services Administration)
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(above: Edward Millman, Flop House, 1937, 23 x 29.8 inches, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1971.447.73. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
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