Wpa Mural

Schanker had been exploring printmaking as a medium, and during the depression he became a graphic arts supervisor for the WPA. While with the WPA he also completed several murals, ...

The artist settled into a studio in Philadelphia upon his return to America in 1931, where his concern for the poor and socially deprived grew with the urgency of the Great Depressio...

Martin was one of their important Regionalist artists who painted murals for the WPA and was also a war correspondent for LIFE magazine.

It was probably here that he was introduced to printmaking. Under the WPA/FAP he produced a mural for the Greenpoint Hospital in Brooklyn.

It was probably here that he was introduced to printmaking. Under the WPA/FAP he produced a mural for the Greenpoint Hospital in Brooklyn.

Work: Guggenheim Museum, NYC. WPA commission, 1941, mural for New London, Ohio Post Office (Citizens of New London petitioned WPA administrator Edward Bruce to allow Ney to paint the...

He began in the early thirties, during the Depression, to show in Los Angeles at the Dalzell Hatfield Galleries. He studied mural painting with the legendary Siqueiros. He became a W...

Guccione worked on Post Office murals for the WPA Federal Works Progress Administration during the 1930s.

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

In the fall of 1930, Pollock moved to New York where he studied under the Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League. Joining the WPA in 1937, Pollock painted ...

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 ...

During the Great Depression he was a WPA artist, and his murals are in post offices in Chicago, Chester and Sellersville, Pennsylvania.

During the Great Depression, Dix was involved with the Works Progress Administration (WPA), producing paintings and murals under the Federal Art Project.

Biddle then gifted the removed portion of the fresco to Rowan, whose image Biddle used in a different section of the mural. About the Artist: Born in 1885 in Philadelphia, George B...

These paintings also relate to a second, celebrated group of paintings showing boxers in the ring that Beck executed in the same period, all with strong lighting and dramatic perspec...

Penney Company, represented by Russell Tether Fine Arts Assoc.; presented in a newer wood frame About the Painting Industry and Commerce is a prime example of WPA Era muralism. Like...

He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri and studied at the Saint Louis School of Fine Arts and in Paris at the Academie Julian, the Academy Moderne, and the Academy grande Chaumiere. H...

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...

Stoll also produced a number of murals including a WPA (Works Progress Administration) for the United States Post Office in East Palestine, Ohio.

Post Office in Purcell, OK (his earliest mural, a WPA project). He also illustrated a book, "How to Keep Your Temper on the Golf Course," written by former PGA pro golfer Tommy Bolt.

But, Gregory's largest WPA relief mural was for Washington D.C.'s Police and Fire Departments titled: Democracy in Action (1941).

From 1929-1931, Matulka taught at the Art Student's League and created murals for the WPA in the 1930s. He died in New York in 1972.

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...

In the fall of 1930, Pollock moved to New York where he studied under the Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League. Joining the WPA in 1937, Pollock painted ...

Conway was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and studied at the Saint Louis School of Fine Arts and in Paris at the Academie Julian, the Academy Moderne, and the Academy Grande Chaumier...

Conway was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and studied at the Saint Louis School of Fine Arts and in Paris at the Academie Julian, the Academy Moderne, and the Academy Grande Chaumier...

Best known for his WPA and World's Fair murals, this drawing is a rare example of Dunbar Beck's foray into Surrealism.

It depicts a cow in cream and black. 3" x 6 1/4" x 1" art Schomer Lichtner, born in 1905, was a Milwaukee-based artist who started his career creating murals for the WPA inspired ...

For the WPA, he created murals at Greenpoint Hospital in Brooklyn, New York and at the Rincon Post Office (now the Rincon Center) in San Diego, California.

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

He was born in Saint Louis, Missouri and studied at the Saint Louis School of Fine Arts and in Paris at the Academie Julian, the Academy Moderne, and the Academy grande Chaumiere. He...

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.

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

It depicts multiple patterned triangle shapes in magenta and blue which overlap to become a deep purple. 6 7/8" x 4 7/8" art 14" x 12" frame Schomer Lichtner, born in 1905, was a...

In Lichtner's use of flat, bold areas of color and the repetition of the curving forms of the ballerinas, it is clear that the artist's dancers were influenced by Matisse. 16" x 33"...

But, Gregory's largest WPA relief mural was for Washington D.C.'s Police and Fire Departments titled: "Democracy in Action" (1941).

He was awarded WPA commissions, and completed murals for Illinois post offices in Fairfield, Eldorado, and Pittsfield.

During the Depression he was a WPA artist, and his murals are in post offices in Chicago as well as Chester and Sellersville, Pennsylvania.

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

During the Depression, Mulhaupt was one of several local artists to participate in WPA art projects, he painted murals during this time still hang in Gloucester City Hall and the for...

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

American artists increasingly celebrated industry and its workers in the early 20th century, a phenomenon which accelerated -- and was publicly supported -- via countless WPA and cor...

Ronald Joseph was also a participant in the mural section of WPA and a representative of the Harlem Artists’ Guild to the New York World’s Fair (1939-1940).

Stoll also produced a number of murals including a WPA (Works Progress Administration) for the United States Post Office in East Palestine, Ohio.

During the Great Depression, the artist worked for the WPA, creating murals in both Queens, NY, and Jackson, GA.

During the late 1930s he did murals for the WPA including Hot Springs (NM) Post Office, Reedley (CA) Post Office, and 11 murals in the Los Angeles Terminal Annex Post Office.

Guccione worked on Post Office murals for the WPA* Federal Works Progress Administration during the 1930s.

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

Under the WPA he painted a mural study for the Kellogg, Idaho post office titled Mine Rescue (1939).

The Walker Galleries gave Celentano his first one-person exhibition in 1938. Celentano joined the mural division of the WPA, where he created murals for the Queens Borough Public L...

During the Great Depression he was a WPA artist, and his murals are in post offices in Chicago, Chester and Sellersville, Pennsylvania.

As he was perfecting his mature style, he had financial difficulties because he made his living from commercial lithography, which was becoming obsolete, and the Depression was hitti...

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

During the Depression, Ney worked for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), painting murals and teaching. In 1941, he was commissioned by the WPA to paint a mural for the post off...

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...

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

Vander Sluis, a noted American painter and long-time Syracuse University faculty member, was also associated with WPA-era mural work and postwar modernist experimentation.