Works In Progress

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.

He moved to Phoenix in 1937 to teach at the Phoenix Art Center under sponsorship by the Works Progress Administration. In 1939 he was commissioned by industrialist Rufus Riddlesbarge...

Joyce Beckenstein writing for the magazine Sculpture, described Nonas' studio as a "Wunderkammer piled high with artifacts and relics as well as past and in-progress works.... 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...

In the 1930s, he taught at the Art Students League in New York, and he also did murals for the WPA (Works Progress Administration). In the 1940s, he taught at the New School for Soc...

In the 1930s, he taught at the Art Students League in New York, and he also did murals for the WPA (Works Progress Administration). In the 1940s, he taught at the New School for Soc...

From Savage, Lawrence was able to secure a scholarship to the American Artists School and a position with the Works Progress Administration in New York. In 1940, Lawrence completed ...

Like many Abstract Expressionists, Morris began his career making figurative paintings; he was interested in social realism in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) spirit. His fig...

Like many Abstract Expressionists, Morris began his career making figurative paintings; he was interested in social realism in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) spirit. His fig...

In this landmark volume we see Audrey Flack at work and we see the works themselves in progress, together with many superb reproductions of complete paintings.

Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897–1968) was a pioneering American modernist and New Deal-era artist associated with the Works Progress Administration. Based in Colorado Springs, he playe...

In the 1930s, he taught at the Art Students League in New York, and he also did murals for the WPA (Works Progress Administration). In the 1940s, he taught at the New School for Soc...

Joseph Hirsch was a member of the American Academy-Institute of Arts and Letters and a well-known realistic artist who came to national attention as a muralist for the Federal Works ...

Beginning in 1937, Mora wrote and illustrated children's books about the West. In 1939, a Works Progress Administration project was completed, with Mora bas-relief sculpture adorning...

While delving into modernism despite the stigma applied to American abstraction at the time, Rosenborg‘s skills were put to use in both the Public Works of Art Project and the Teachi...

He was a supervisor for the Works Progress Administration in Chicago. At some point during his career, MacLeish moved to Florida and became involved with the Saint Augustine artist c...

His family moved to Minneapolis, MN but he promptly returned to Oregon and Washington during the Great Depression to work in the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Hoping to study ...

Cramer also found success as a photographer for the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. The artist was among one of the first to practice pure abstraction in painting in the...

Edward Hagedorn achieved critical national acclaim exhibiting widely, and winning print competitions at the De Young Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine...

Like many Abstract Expressionists, Morris began his career making figurative paintings; he was interested in social realism in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) spirit. His fig...

Edward Hagedorn achieved critical national acclaim exhibiting widely, and winning print competitions at the De Young Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine...

Edward Hagedorn achieved critical national acclaim exhibiting widely, and winning print competitions at the De Young Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine...

In 1937, Ward was named Director of the Graphic Arts Division of the Federal Art Project, a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In the following years, Ward went on ...

In 1937, Ward was named Director of the Graphic Arts Division of the Federal Art Project, a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In the following years, Ward went on ...

Joseph Hirsch was a member of the American Academy-Institute of Arts and Letters and a well-known realistic artist who came to national attention as a muralist for the Federal Works ...