September 11 – December 21, 2014
Emilio Amero, Where, 1940. Lithograph on cream wove paper. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Belverd and Marian Powers Needles.
Charles Keller, Fighter for Democracy, 1942. Nine-color screenprint on cream wove paper. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Belverd and Marian Powers Needles.
Vera Andrus, New Jersey Cyclops, 1940. Lithograph on white wove paper. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Belverd and Marian Powers Needles.
Leon Bibel, Nocturne, 1938. Color screenprint on paper. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Belverd and Marian Powers Needles.
Fletcher Martin, Trouble in Frisco, 1938. Lithograph on cream paper. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Belverd and Marian Powers Needles.
Fritz Eichenberg, April Showers, 1935. Wood engraving on paper. Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of Belverd and Marian Powers Needles.
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) gave federal financial support to a wide range of artistic projects during the Depression, from fiction to fine art. Printmaking supported by the WPA is perhaps the one of most enduring interest: the design of the program itself, the political climate, and the very nature of the medium together produced a distinctive approach to style and subject matter, impressive technical innovations, and a surprising degree of social fluidity among artists around issues of race and gender.