She studied in England during where she learned printing, photoengraving, manuscript illuminating, and wood engraving. Petersburg, Russia, emigrated to the United States with her mother, Russian-born concert pianist, and her father, an American banker. WPA poster artists were not supposed to sign their work, but Christopher DeNoon's original book on this subject gives many clues.īorn 1905, St. states and the District of Columbia, with the strongest representation from California, Illinois, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania and provide a unique snapshot of an important era in America’s history. Of the 2,000 WPA posters known to exist, the Library of Congress's collection comprises of more than 900. government employed hundreds of artists to promote New Deal - related social programs.
The posters were designed to publicize exhibits, community activities, theatrical productions, and health and educational programs. This is considered as one of the first U.S. WPA Posters were created to advertise programs and projects of the Works Projects Administration in the late 1930s and early 1940s.
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