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Past Exhibition

The WPA Era:
Urban Views & Visions

May 12–June 27, 1992
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery

Georges L. Schreiber, Brooklyn Bridge, 1945

Artists

  1. Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975) Right arrow icon
  2. Virginia Berresford (1904–1995) Right arrow icon
  3. Isabel Bishop (1902–1988) Right arrow icon
  4. Dorothy M. Cogswell (1909–2008) Right arrow icon
  5. Max Arthur Cohn (1903–1998) Right arrow icon
  6. John Costigan (1888–1972) Right arrow icon
  7. Ralston Crawford (1906–1978) Right arrow icon
  8. Julio de Diego (1900–1979) Right arrow icon
  9. Philip Evergood (1901–1973) Right arrow icon
  10. Yvonne Twining Humber (1907–2004) Right arrow icon
  11. Joe Jones (1909–1963) Right arrow icon
  12. Maurice Kish (1895–1987) Right arrow icon
  13. Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000) Right arrow icon
  14. Norman Lewis (1909–1979) Right arrow icon
  15. Louis Lozowick (1892–1973) Right arrow icon
  16. Reginald Marsh (1898–1954) Right arrow icon
  17. Paul R. Meltsner (1905–1967) Right arrow icon
  18. Irene Rice Pereira (1902–1971) Right arrow icon
  19. Louis Leon Ribak (1902–1979) Right arrow icon
  20. Georges L. Schreiber (1904–1977) Right arrow icon
  21. Ben Shahn (1898–1969) Right arrow icon
  22. Charles Sheeler (1883–1965) Right arrow icon
  23. Joseph Solman (1909–2008) Right arrow icon
  24. Raphael Soyer (1899–1987) Right arrow icon
  25. Miklos Suba (1880–1944) Right arrow icon
  26. Vaclav Vytlacil (1892–1984) Right arrow icon
  27. Guy Wiggins (1883–1962) Right arrow icon
  28. Joseph Wolins (1915–1999) Right arrow icon

Press

The WPA Era: Urban Views & Visions, examines various stylistic interpretations of America's cities executed during the 1930s and early 1940s, a point commonly reffered to as the WPA era.

Art of the WPA era is frequently associated with traditional social realist imagery, such as breadlines and Hoovervilles. However, many artists were creating more dynamic, avant garde visions of urban American life. In addition to the social realist views, this exhibition explores Cubist, Surrealist, and Expressionist renderings of the urban landscape.

Please note that press releases for past exhibitions are provided for reference purposes only, and certain information may have changed since the date of release.

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