Record #:

41267

Author(s):

Stepp, Lauren

Abstract:

During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt introduced the Works Progress Administration. This brought about jobs for artists, specifically the commission of several thousand murals that depicted everyday life.

Source:

Laurel of Asheville (NoCar F 264 A8 L28), Vol. 15 Issue 4, April 2018, p70

Subject(s):

Murals--Post offices; Art and society; Appalachia; New Deal, 1933-1939; Great Depression; Works Progress Administration