WPA Art Collection - U.S. Department of the Treasury
WEBThe Collection at the Treasury building includes 62 works of art from the New Deal WPA arts programs that operated over a ten year period from 1933 to 1943. The Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project was the largest and the most widely known program.
Federal Art Project - Wikipedia
WEBThe Federal Art Project (1935–1943) was a New Deal program to fund the visual arts in the United States. Under national director Holger Cahill, it was one of five Federal Project Number One projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and the largest of the New Deal art projects.
WPA Federal Art Project | US Depression Era Art, History & Impact
WEBWPA Federal Art Project, first major attempt at government patronage of the visual arts in the United States and the most extensive and influential of the visual arts projects conceived during the Depression of the 1930s by the administration of …
List of Federal Art Project artists - Wikipedia
WEBThe Federal Art Project (1935–1943) of the Works Progress Administration was the largest of the New Deal art projects. [1] As many as 10,000 artists [2] were employed to create murals, easel paintings, sculpture, graphic art, posters, photography, Index of American Design documentation, theatre scenic design, and arts and crafts. [3]
Federal Art Project of Works Progress Admin | TheArtStory
WEBDuring its years of operation, the government-funded Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) hired hundreds of artists who collectively created more than 100,000 paintings and murals and over 18,000 sculptures to be found in municipal buildings, schools, and hospitals in all of the 48 states.
New Deal/WPA Art Project
WEBAug 6, 2007 · On May 6, 1935, the Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) was created to help provide economic relief to the citizens of the United States who were suffering through the Great Depression. The Federal Art Project was one of the divisions of the W.P.A. under Federal Project One.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) Art Recovery Project
WEBAn inventory of WPA art is maintained by the Fine Arts Program. While the inventory is not yet definitive, GSA is working towards a more comprehensive database. OIG investigators work with the U.S. Department of Justice and the possessors of WPA art to recover the works for the government.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) Art - Digital Collections
WEBThe Works Progress Administration (WPA) Collection consists of works on paper, primarily lithographs and etchings, but also drawings and paintings created during the years 1935-1943. The purpose of the WPA program was to create paying jobs for the unemployed at every skill level.
Art for the People: WPA-Era Paintings from the Dijkstra Collection
WEB“Art for the People: WPA-Era Paintings from the Dijkstra Collection,” includes 19 striking works that will be on view in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art from Dec. 2, 2023, through March 18, 2024.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) - MoMA
WEBAmong the most famous of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, formed to relieve unemployment during the Great Depression, the WPA ran from 1935 to 1943 and employed millions of people, including artists, to carry out …