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Depression Era Art
American Scene
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American Worker
Modern Sensibility
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Double Exposure
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Keeping Us in Stitches
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Bricklaying

Bricklaying

 
Woman Ironing

Woman Ironing 

 

 
Horseshoeing

Horseshoeing

    One interpretation of the WPA main theme, "American Scene," was the world of the American worker, who became a hero and a sign of strength and hope. American workers included craftsmen, farmers and homemakers as well as construction and industrial workers. These three works show how some Illinois artists depicted their fellow workers.

 

 

   
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