Tuesday 5 May 2009 A New Deal for Artists

Published by D Giles Limited in association with The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., 1934: A New Deal for Artists features 55 vibrant paintings from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's unique collection of paintings created during the Great Depression the Public Works of Art Program

1934: A New Deal for Artists celebrates the 75th anniversary of the US government’s Public Works of Art Program, drawing on the Smithsonian American Art Museum's unparalleled collection of paintings created for it. From mid-December 1933 to June 1934, against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the Public Works of Art Program encouraged artists from across the United States to depict the American scene, and boost morale through art. The Program paid artists to paint regional, recognizable subjects—ranging from portraits to cityscapes, from images of city life to landscapes and depictions of rural life—that reminded the public of the essential American values of hard work, community and optimism.

The 55 paintings in this volume are a lasting visual record of America at a specific moment in time; a response to an economic situation that is all too familiar today. As well as being an invaluable guide for students and scholars in schools and colleges, this new volume will also appeal to all those with an interest in modern American art and artists and the pre war American art scene

Publication accompanies a major touring exhibition, opening at the Smithsonian American Art Museum February 27 2009 through January 3 2010, followed by a 3 year national tour

The Authors
Ann Prentice Wagner is a curatorial associate at the Smithsonian American Art Museum; Roger G. Kennedy, historian, is director emeritus of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History; Elizabeth Broun has been the director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum since 1989.

1934: A NEW DEAL FOR ARTISTS

156 pages, 279 x 254mm (10 x 11 in.), portrait
95 colour and 12 b & w illustrations, hardback
Text: Up to 35,000 words
ISBN: 978 1 904832 67 6 (13 digit)
ISBN: 1 904832 67 9 (10 digit)
Price: US$49.95/UK£35.00
Publication date: October, 2009
Publisher: D Giles Limited, London

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