Works In Progress

A one-person show at the Detroit Institute of Arts followed in 1977. Works in Progress, also forsook conventional props.

Exhibition History (Selected Early Exhibitions) Salon d’Automne Paris Juryfreie Kunstschau Berlin, 1926 Freie Kunstschau Berlin, 1929 Preussische Akademie der Künste Berlin, 1930...

Exhibition History (Selected Early Exhibitions) Salon d’Automne Paris Juryfreie Kunstschau Berlin, 1926 Freie Kunstschau Berlin, 1929 Preussische Akademie der Künste Berlin, 1930...

A documented 1930 photograph of his Berlin studio confirms the scale and seriousness of his sculptural practice: a substantial modernist workspace equipped with installed lighting, d...

He produced a number of prints for the Federal Arts Project Works Progress Administration in New York between 1935 and 1939.

Exhibition History (Selected Early Exhibitions) Salon d’Automne Paris 1926 Juryfreie Kunstschau Berlin, 1926 Freie Kunstschau Berlin, 1929 Preussische Akademie der Künste Berlin,...

Exhibition History (Selected Early Exhibitions) Salon d’Automne Paris Juryfreie Kunstschau Berlin, 1926 Freie Kunstschau Berlin, 1929 Preussische Akademie der Künste Berlin, 1930...

Exhibition History (Selected Early Exhibitions) Salon d’Automne Paris Juryfreie Kunstschau Berlin, 1926 Freie Kunstschau Berlin, 1929 Preussische Akademie der Künste Berlin, 1930...

He also participated in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s.

It challenges us to accept that we are all works in progress, and perhaps, in doing so, it demands the recognition of these shared human struggles.

Born in 1910 in Bastrop, Texas, he attended public schools in San Antonio. He also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as lan...

He studied in New York and worked on children's book illustrations and prints under the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. After WWII, he pursued abstraction and experimenta...

He was an active participant in the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project.

He was an active participant in the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project.

He was part of the American Scene and worked at the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. Biography Steffen was born on November 24, 1907 in Neodesha, Kansas.]

Throughout his career, he has published several photographic works, including Work in Progress (2001) and After Shoot (2006).

During the Depression, Fortess worked in the painting division of the Federal Art Project WPA. In 1937, the Works Progress Administration sent him and other artists to Alaska to docu...

He studied at the Barnes Foundation and was heavily involved in WPA (Works Progress Administration) art projects, which frequently funded regional landscapes and rural scenes.

Between 1937 and 1942 he was a stage set designer; an extant scrapbook documents his role as technical director and scene designer during 1940–1941 at the Dock Street Theater in Char...

In 1933 he joined the Public Works of Art Project (later incorporated into the Works Progress Administration [WPA] in 1935), and under its auspices he completed several murals, inclu...

He received early training at art workshops sponsored by the federal government's Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Harlem and then studied at the American Artists School in New...

With a catalogue raisonné currently in progress, works with clean provenance like this one are increasingly rare.

Created by the artist for the Federal Art Project, Chicago Works Progress Administration (WPA). Image size 6 3/8 x 4 5/16 inches (163 x 110 mm); sheet size 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches (210...

Created by the artist for the Federal Art Project, Chicago Works Progress Administration (WPA). Image size 5 15/16 x 4 1/2 inches (152 x 114 mm); sheet size 7 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches.

He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and the Woodstock School of Painting with Yasuo Kuniyoshi. In 1937 the Works Progress Administration ...

He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and the Woodstock School of Painting with Yasuo Kuniyoshi. In 1937 the Works Progress Administration ...

He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and the Woodstock School of Painting with Yasuo Kuniyoshi. In 1937 the Works Progress Administration ...

He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and the Woodstock School of Painting with Yasuo Kuniyoshi. In 1937 the Works Progress Administration ...

He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and the Woodstock School of Painting with Yasuo Kuniyoshi. In 1937 the Works Progress Administration ...

He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and the Woodstock School of Painting with Yasuo Kuniyoshi. In 1937 the Works Progress Administration ...

During the Great Depression, Tamotzu worked for the Public Works of Art Project in New York, but was denied participation in the Works Progress Administration because he was not an A...

During the Great Depression, Tamotzu worked for the Public Works of Art Project in New York, but was denied participation in the Works Progress Administration because he was not an A...

Beginning in 1936, Kingman was a participating artist in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) created by the federal government to help support the arts.

In 1934, he painted murals for the Ocean Springs High School with the WPA (Works Progress Administration) program. In 1940, after three years of being hospitalized for mental illnes...

He moved to California in the 1930s, and found work as a book illustrator for the Works Progress Administration program in San Francisco.

During the Great Depression, Turzak became an early participant in the Works Progress Administration, producing murals for federal buildings and creating some of his most enduring gr...

In 1934, he painted murals for the Ocean Springs High School with the WPA (Works Progress Administration) program. In 1940, after three years of being hospitalized for mental illnes...

He worked as a book illustrator and industrial designer and was active as a mural painter in the Works Progress Administration (his WPA murals can still be seen in post offices in No...

Teeming with allegory and symbolism, this large and elaborate study by Eugene Savage for a major mural to be executed in mosaic was painted for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a...

Turzak was among the early artists to participate in the Works Progress Administration, the Depression-era federal program created to employ artists.

While in the New Hope area, Crosthwaite participated in the Works Progress Administration program, the Historic Building Survey, and the founding of the influential Bucks County Play...

A companion painting to another piece in our gallery, this painting -- "Truth and the Seven Deadly Sins" -- served as a study by Eugene Savage for a major mosaic proposed for the new...

In the late 1930s, Kingman served as an artist in the Works Progress Administration, painting over 300 works.

He received early training at art workshops sponsored by the federal government's Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Harlem and then studied at the American Artists School in New...

The bright pinks, blues, oranges and yellows bring a vibrant / slick / cool presence to any interior space. This series of works is currently in progress, I am continuing on with t...

Abramovitz produced murals for the Federal Arts Project Works Progress Administration in New York. His works are in the collections of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the Bri...

During the Great Depression, Tamotzu worked for the Public Works of Art Project in New York, but was denied participation in the Works Progress Administration because he was not an A...

During the Great Depression, Tamotzu worked for the Public Works of Art Project in New York, but was denied participation in the Works Progress Administration because he was not an A...

Wells also engaged with broader artistic communities, participating in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Depression and exhibiting at prominent venues such as the Co...

A striking example of WPA mural art, this study for one of the murals proposed for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a 1930s Works Progress Administration project in Queens, New Y...

Entitled "Truth and the Seven Deadly Sins" and teeming with allegory, this Art Deco study for a major mosaic was painted by Eugene Savage for the new Queens Supreme Courthouse -- a 1...

From approximately 1932-1938 he was involved in the Works Progress Administration. Immediately after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 Tamotzu volunteered his services as a com...

He exhibited in New York, created illustrations for New Masses which advanced the interest of American workers, and worked for the Works Progress Administration in the Roosevelt years.

Striking in conception and execution, this half-portrait of a handsome, blue-eyed young man -- his back to a mirror and his arm folded over a chair -- was painted by Marion Huse, who...

Paul, and found a position in the mural painting division of the Minnesota FAP/WPA (Works Progress Administration). In 1936 he contributed “Synthetic Cubist Style” frescoes in the No...

Abramovitz produced murals for the Federal Arts Project Works Progress Administration in New York. His works are in the collections of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the Bri...

He exhibited in New York, created illustrations for New Masses which advanced the interest of American workers, and worked for the Works Progress Administration in the Roosevelt years.

As an easel artist for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s he painted and taught in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

As an easel artist for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s he painted and taught in Rock Springs, Wyoming.

Abramovitz produced murals for the Federal Arts Project Works Progress Administration in New York. His works are in the collections of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the Bri...