WPA Art Collection -- Illinois State Museum

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Below Bridges
Dorothy Rutka (1907 - 1985)
engraving on paper

Dorothy Rutka worked for the WPA's Federal Art Project No. 1. She was interested in the cultural aspects of society and the effects of poverty during the Depression. Her art training was at the Cleveland School of Art (1926-29). Rutka became a portrait painter, writer, and illustrator.

In this print, Rutka uses the engraving technique to create a line drawing.

Collection of the Illinois State Museum
photograph by Gary andrashko
ISM Accession #: 1983.61.350

<i>Below Bridges</i><br>Dorothy Rutka (1907 - 1985)

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