| Work, War, and Wilderness, "Pennsylvania WPA Posters 1937-1943" |
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From Saturday, April 25 2009 To Sunday, August 02 2009 10:00am - 4:30pm Sunday, Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday - week 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 every month |
by michener |
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In 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as part of his New Deal program to put millions of unemployed Americans back to work. The WPA funded hundreds of murals and thousands of original posters through the Federal Art Project. This division employed more than five thousand artists in various art projects throughout the country – by 1938, there were poster divisions in at least eighteen states, including Pennsylvania. This exhibition surveys some of the finest poster work done in Pennsylvania and is drawn from the collection of Bucks County resident Laurence Miller, who is the owner/director of the Laurence Miller Gallery, one of New York’s most prestigious photography galleries. Miller’s unique and growing collection includes posters that celebrate Pennsylvania history, industry, and wildlife, as well as revealing and thought-provoking images from the war years.
For more info please visit www.MichenerArtMuseum.org
(Image credits:
Robert Muchley, Work with Care, 1937, H. 30 x W. 25 in,
Lithograph or woodblock or silkscreen on paper, WPA Federal Art Project Pennsylvania, Collection of Laurence Miller)
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Location: Pfundt Gallery
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| Exhibition sponsored by
Mary Lou and Andrew Abruzzese, The Pineville Tavern
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