 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
|
CLC Wright gallery showing samples of New Deal art.(Neighbor)
From:
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
| Date:
May 21, 2001| Author:
Jader, Gwen H.
| COPYRIGHT 2001 Paddock Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
|
Byline: Gwen H. Jader Daily Herald Correspondent
Following the 1929 stock market crash, Americans struggled to earn a living during the Great Depression. To help unemployed artists, the government sponsored a decade-long investment in art through the Works Progress Administration.
For $40 million, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal art project produced almost 18,000 pieces of sculpture, more than 100,000 easel paintings, about one quarter million print...
