These paintings and prints once decorated classrooms, hallways, and other public spaces on campus. While art of the WPA era is traditionally viewed as overwhelmingly naturalistic in style and devoted ...

Perhaps more than any other artistic movement of the 20th century, the art of the 1930s and ’40s has become a living legacy. WPA murals, prints, and paintings adorn our schools, post offices, ...

The WPA supported tens of thousands of artists, by funding creation of 2,566 murals and 17,744 pieces of sculpture that decorate public buildings nationwide. The federal art, theater ...