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The Federal Art Project was a part of the New Deal which employed nearly 400 artists who collectively created over 100,000 works of art-- including paintings, prints, murals, photographs mosaics, sculptures, and more. The Federal Art Project also made art more accessible throughout the US by funding live theater and music and art classes throughout the country.  
Federal Art Project of Works Progress Admin. The Art Story. (n.d.). Retrieved November 15, 2022, from https://www.theartstory.org/definition/federal-art-project-of-the-works-progress-administration/
Free art classes for children & adults under ... - library of Congress. (n.d.). Retrieved November 15, 2022, from https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3b49028/
National Archives and Records Administration. (n.d.). A New Deal for the Arts. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 15, 2022, from https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/new_deal_for_the_arts/#
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logonda · 1 year
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The imaginary photo museum
Autor: Renate Gruber, L. Fritz Gruber, Helmut Gernsheim, Beaumont Newhall, Jeane von Oppenheim, Michael Rollof Titel: The imaginary photo museum - With 457 Photographs from 1836 to the Present Verlag: Penguin Books Erschienen: 1991 Sprache: Englisch ISBN: 0140065229 ISBN-13: 9780140065220 - Berenice Abbott - Alfred Eisenstaedt - Man Ray - Ansel Adams - Walker Evans - Jacob August Riis - Diane Arbus - Luigi Ghirri - Erich Salomon - Eugene Atget - Philippe Halsman - Christian Schad - Richard Avedon - Lewis Hine - Ben Shahn - Lewis Baltz - Emil Otto Hoppe - Arthur Siegel - Hippolyte Bayard - Gertrude Käsebier - Aaron Siskind - Sir Cecil Beaton - Andre Kertesz - Emmanuel Sougez - E. J. Bellocq - Dorothea Lange - Edward Steichen - Werner Bischof - Jacques Henri Lartigue - Alfred Stieglitz - Margarete Bourke-White - Joel Meyerowitz - William Henry Fox Talbot - Mathew Brady - Duane Michals - Felix Teynard - Brassai - Martin Muncacsi - Josef Sudek - Robert Capa - Nadar - Roman Vishniac - Paul Caponigro - Paul Outerbridge Jr. - Weegee - Etienne Carjat - Gordon Parks - Edward Weston - Lewis Carroll - Irving Penn - Clarence White - Imogen Cunningham - Eliot Porter - Garry Winogrand - The imaginary photo museum Antiquarische Bücher über Fotografie bei LachundSachbuecher.de Read the full article
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Waiting for relief commodities, Urbana, Ohio, Ben Shahn, 1938, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Size: image: 16.5 x 24.3 cm (6 1/2 x 9 9/16 in.) sheet: 20.4 x 25.3 cm (8 1/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/156028
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moma-prints · 2 years
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Triple Dip, Ben Shahn, 1952, MoMA: Drawings and Prints
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund Size: composition: 29 1/8 x 21" (74 x 53.3 cm); sheet: 30 5/8 x 22 3/16" (77.8 x 56.4 cm) Medium: Screenprint with watercolor additions
http://www.moma.org/collection/works/68193
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met-photos · 2 years
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[Smithland Bank] by Ben Shahn, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Photography
Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Medium: Gelatin silver print
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/265274
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bm-contemporary-art · 2 years
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Alphabet of Creation, Ben Shahn, 1957, Brooklyn Museum: Contemporary Art
Size: sheet: 38 3/4 x 27 1/4 in. (98.4 x 69.2 cm) image: 31 1/4 x 22 in. (79.4 x 55.9 cm) Medium: Serigraph on paper
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/75178
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bm-american-art · 3 years
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Levana and Our Ladies of Sorrow, Ben Shahn, 1931, Brooklyn Museum: American Art
Size: 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (21.6 x 15.9 cm) Medium: Bound text
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/188339
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Untitled (Sixth Avenue, New York City), Ben Shahn, 1932-1935, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College Size: mount (original mount): 16.2 x 23.6 cm (6 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.) image: 14.8 x 22.6 cm (5 13/16 x 8 7/8 in.)
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/302592
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Untitled (Mulhall family, sharecroppers, Ozarks, Arkansas), Ben Shahn, October 1935, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College Size: sheet; actual: 20.1 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.) image: 18 x 24.5 cm (7 1/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301043
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Untitled (Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana), Ben Shahn, October 1935, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College Size: sheet; actual: 20.1 x 25.3 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.) image: 16.5 x 24.6 cm (6 1/2 x 9 11/16 in.)
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301322
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Untitled (wife of a strawberry picker, Hammond, Louisiana), Ben Shahn, October 1935, printed later, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Museum Acquisition © President and Fellows of Harvard College Size: sheet; actual: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.) image: 16.8 x 24.3 cm (6 5/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303472
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Untitled (Fourth of July Carnival and Fishfry, Ashville, Ohio), Ben Shahn, July 1938, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College Size: image: 16.5 x 24.3 cm (6 1/2 x 9 9/16 in.)
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301827
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Untitled (levee workers, Plaquemines, Louisiana), Ben Shahn, October 1935, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College Size: image: 19.6 x 24.7 cm (7 11/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301504
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Untitled ("Hooverville," Circleville, Ohio), Ben Shahn, July 1938-August 1938, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College Size: sheet; actual: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.) image: 16.3 x 24.3 cm (6 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/303687
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Untitled (Natchez, Mississippi), Ben Shahn, October 1935, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College Size: sheet; actual: 20.5 x 25.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in.) image: 17.3 x 24.7 cm (6 13/16 x 9 3/4 in.)
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301489
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Untitled (Linworth, Ohio), Ben Shahn, August 1938, Harvard Art Museums: Photographs
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Bernarda Bryson Shahn © President and Fellows of Harvard College Size: image: 16.3 x 24.3 cm (6 7/16 x 9 9/16 in.)
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/301075
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