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New Deal Art

Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Explore a selection of New Deal artwork from the Museum collection.

FDR’s New Deal provided federally-funded jobs for millions of unemployed Americans during the Great Depression. These included tens of thousands of artists, including musicians, actors, dancers, writers, photographers, painters, and sculptors.

Government art programs rescued artists from poverty and despair. But they also served a larger purpose—to give all American access to art and culture. New Deal artists brought theater, music, and dance to every corner of the nation. They also created hundreds of thousands of public works of art—including paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture. The Museum collection includes hundreds of artworks produced by New Deal artists.

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Image courtesy of The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. © Richard Bolmes a…
MO 1941.5.6
Richard Bolmes
1937
Image courtesy of The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum Library.
MO 1941.5.44
Walter Edward Speck
1939
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
MO 1941.5.45
Donal Hord
1938
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
MO 1941.7.91
Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1276
1940
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
MO 1941.7.101
Recreation Project W.P.A. 65-14-2354
1936
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
MO 1941.7.123
Salem Street W.P.A. Recreation Center
ca. 1941
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
MO 1942.20.9
Bernard F. McMahon
ca. 1933-1934
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
MO 1942.35.1
Stanley Jerome Hoxie
mid 1930s
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
MO 1942.35.2
Alton Karn Skillin
ca. 1930s
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MO 1942.35.3
Stanley Jerome Hoxie
mid 1930s
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MO 1942.35.4
John Davis
ca. 1930s
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
MO 1942.35.5
Elizabeth Fairchild Fulda
ca. 1930s
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