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cyclonefence

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4. Beautiful paintings

Reply to packman (Original post)

Mon Sep 4, 2017, 09:46 AM

Sep 2017

The WPA is responsible for much public art--murals, stonework--that is all around us but often not identified as such, and a lot of it is endangered when public spaces are renovated or razed. In Harrisburg PA there was a swimming pool at the YMCA tiled with wonderful mosaics of sea life created by artisans supported by the WPA; I've been unable to find any reference to it online, and I'm afraid it may be gone. These works deserve our respect and protection, not just as works of art but as tributes to our country's resilience in the face of disaster.

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WPA Depression Art [View all] packman Sep 2017 OP

There's a great WPA mural in a local post office MineralMan Sep 2017 #1

We have one of those too, in our little P.O. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #8

that 2nd one is chilling nt irisblue Sep 2017 #2

I believe it makes reference to the Homestead, Pa. Steel Strike packman Sep 2017 #3

Beautiful paintings cyclonefence Sep 2017 #4

The former Des Moines Central Library, now World Food Prize Hall of Laureates SharonClark Sep 2017 #5

Thank you for sharing. Appreciate a few moments of art in these awful times. MLAA Sep 2017 #6

Thomas Hart Benton's 'America Today'... Princess Turandot Sep 2017 #7