1939 World Fair

Renowned for innovations like Sweden’s first S-marked lamp holders in 1932 and its contributions to Swedish Modern design—featured at the 1939 New York World’s Fair—it also produced ...

It was also featured at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. The model was available in three sizes: 27 cm, 33,5 cm and the large 42 cm.

It was also featured at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. The model was available in three sizes: 27 cm, 33,5 cm and the large 42 cm.

Literature: A similar model is reproduced in Plaisir de France, Le Pavilion Francais a L'Exposition Internationale de New York, Page VII, July 1939. (New York World's Fair, 1939) Sh...

Fuerst for the State Dinning Room for the 1939 New York World's Fair. The fluted stem design was inspirated by the columns of the Federal Building, pattern #4900.

The painter was Oronzo Gasparo, who immigrated from Italy as a youth, studied under Preston Dickinson in New York, and then took the world by storm. In the 1930s and 40s, he exhibit...

Gropper exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair, Whitney Museum of American Art (1924-55), Art Institute of Chicago (1935-49), Carnegie International (1937-50), Pennsylvania Acad...

His ceiling mural was awarded the Grand Prix at the International "Art and Technique" in Paris. In 1939 Cybis and his wife, Marja, an accomplished artist in her own right came to th...

His ceiling mural was awarded the Grand Prix at the International "Art and Technique" in Paris. In 1939 Cybis and his wife, Marja, an accomplished artist in her own right came to th...

Exhibitions: California Art Club; Paris International Exposition (Paris), 1937 (medal); Golden Gate International Exposition. 1939; New York World's Fair, 1939; Painters & Sculptors ...

Singer also exhibited at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco and at the New York World's Fair.

His ceiling mural was awarded the Grand Prix at the International "Art and Technique" in Paris. In 1939 Cybis and his wife, Marja, an accomplished artist in her own right came to th...

His ceiling mural was awarded the Grand Prix at the International "Art and Technique" in Paris. In 1939 Cybis and his wife, Marja, an accomplished artist in her own right came to th...

He designed several rooms for the French pavilion at the 1939-40 New York World’s Fair: The World of Tomorrow.

Troy was an active member of many art associations, and showed his works with them, as well as with many prestigious institutions, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the New Yor...

The image is inspired by "I Hear America Singing," one of Walt Whitman's famous poems: I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, Those of mechanics, each one singing his as ...

One of her most praised works was a painting of the 12th Jump of the Maryland Hunt Cup Race, created for the Maryland Exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair. She painted historica...

This aesthetic gained international recognition at the Paris World’s Fair in 1937 and the New York World’s Fair in 1939.

During this time frame she won first prize of the 1936 Cleveland Museum of Art May Show for her Alice in Wonderland figure, third Prize in the 1937 May Show for a Song of the South f...

While with the WPA he also completed several murals, including one for the Science and Health building at the 1939 New York World's Fair.  During World War II, Schanker worked as a ...

Her work, combining impressionism and decorative realism, has been shown at the Continental Galleries, Watson Art Galleries, Klinkhoff Gallery, Morency Frères Ltee (all in Montreal),...

In 1937 Dufet participated in the Exposition International des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris, a major world’s fair which would influence contemporary design for sev...

Gaw exhibited widely and with success including at the Corcoran Gallery (1939, 1941, 1949), Oakland Art Gallery (1932) Maxwell Gallery (San Francisco, solo), The Museum of Modern Art...

Emil Ganso also exhibited at both the 1939 New York World's Fair and the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco that same year.

This aesthetic gained international recognition at the Paris World’s Fair in 1937 and the New York World’s Fair in 1939.

A multi-party commission was issued to seven architects for the Dutch pavilion at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Slothouwer was appointed by a government commissioner and received t...

Geller exhibited widely and with success including, from 1925, at the Chicago Art Institute as well as at the Riverside Museum (New York, 1939), the New York World's Fair (1939) and ...

Beck was one of America's most accomplished and successful muralists, and he painted a WPA-sponsored mural in the post office in Danvers, Massachusetts, and a series of murals for th...

Dunbar Beck was one of America's most accomplished and successful muralists, and he painted a WPA-sponsored mural in the post office in Danvers, Massachusetts, and a series of murals...

Beck was well-known for his mural at the post office in Danvers, Massachusetts, and a set of murals for the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. Beck worked in New York for many years, a...

Science and atomic energy were a theme in Gregory's most significant work, the "Fountain of the Atom" (fig. 4), at the 1939 New York's World Fair. This major work included twelve mon...

This aesthetic gained international recognition at the Paris World’s Fair in 1937 and the New York World’s Fair in 1939.

Beck is known for painting "The Return of Timothy Pickering," a mural for the lobby painting of the US Post Office in Danvers, Massachusetts, as well as several for the 1939-1940 Wor...

During her time in New Mexico, Kavin’s sculpture was included in the New Mexico art exhibited at the 1939 New York World’s Fair; and in 1940, she created two frescoes as part of the ...

During her time in New Mexico, Kavin’s sculpture was included in the New Mexico art exhibited at the 1939 New York World’s Fair; and in 1940, she created two frescoes as part of the ...

This aesthetic gained international recognition at the Paris World’s Fair in 1937 and the New York World’s Fair in 1939.

He also exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair and the Society of Independent Artists.

Beck was one of America's most accomplished and successful muralists, and he painted a WPA-sponsored mural in the post office in Danvers, Massachusetts, and a series of murals for th...

This aesthetic gained international recognition at the Paris World’s Fair in 1937 and the New York World’s Fair in 1939.

Beck painted a WPA-sponsored mural in the post office in Danvers, Massachusetts, and a series of murals for the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, among many others.

Beck executed an important set of murals for the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, a WPA mural for the post office in Danvers, Massachusetts, and decorations for a piano donated by St...

Exhibited: Paris Salon, 1937 (medal); PAFA, 1944 (Lippincott prize), 1948-53, 1958-66; WMAA, 1945, 1947; Washington County MFA, 1945; TMA, 1942; CGA, 1945-57; AIC, 1943; CI, 1943-45;...

Beck is best known for his WPA work and his mural painting at the 1939-1940 New York World's fair, but his work with Steinway is equally important, artistically and historically.

He also was drawn to urban environments, reportedly painting for the 1939-40 New York World's Fair, and died in New York.

Gropper exhibited at the 1939 New York World's Fair, Whitney Museum of American Art (1924-55), Art Institute of Chicago (1935-49), Carnegie International (1937-50), Pennsylvania Acad...

Emil Ganso also exhibited at both the 1939 New York World's Fair and the Golden Gate Exposition in San Francisco that same year.

Beautifully painted in tones of burnt sienna, cream and watery blue, this rare and early view of the Golden Gate Exposition was painted in 1937, just as Treasure Island was being cre...

Among the other murals he created was one for the 1939 New York World's Fair. Although he did not often write about his art, a short essay of his was published in the American Abstr...

Fogel was awarded several mural commissions during the 1930s by both the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, among them his earliest murals at ...

After joining the WPA, he painted abstract murals for the Hall of Medicine at the 1939 New York World's Fair and for the Williamsburg Housing Project, and he designed a stained-glass...

His print ‘Sanctuary,’ 1939, was shown at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and ‘Clouded Over,’ 1948, received the 1948 Library of Congress Award and was included in ‘American Prize Pr...

Later life Conrado Massaguer in Havana, 1939. While he did return to Cuba in 1937, he still maintained his travels to New York, and painted a large graphic mural at the Cuba Pavilio...

The 1930s finished with a flourish when Lee was invited to exhibit in the 1939 New York World’s Fair. This early support given Lee by the museums and the art establishment was an imp...

When discussing American Surrealism in his essay American Art Today for the catalog of the art exhibition at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, Holger Cahill noted, “The surrealists cul...

He also produced a famous fountain group for the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York.

His print ‘Sanctuary,’ 1939, was shown at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and ‘Clouded Over,’ 1948, received the 1948 Library of Congress Award and was included in ‘American Prize Pr...

The Sports Pavilion on the Heinz Building of the New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco and mural techniques were inspired by his friendship with Diego Rivera who had admired...

This sculpture, with its strong posture and deeply incised features, captures both the dignity and hardship of the everyday worker. Exhibited at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, it ma...

Retaining their original Ystad-Metall foundry marks to the underside. Premiering in 1939 for the Scandinavian Pavilion of the 1939 New York World Fair, designed to fit a taper candl...

The design dates to the era of the great American expositions and is particularly associated with pieces offered as souvenirs, including examples connected with the **1939 New York W...