Few individuals have exerted as strong an influence on 20th-century American art and culture as the photographer and art dealer Alfred Stieglitz. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, in 1864 during the Civil War, Stieglitz lived until 1946.
most profound changes this country has ever experienced: two world wars, the Great Depression
Aaron Douglas, widely acknowledged as one of the most accomplished and influential visual artists of the Harlem Renaissance, was born in Topeka, Kansas, on May 26, 1899. He attended a segregated primary school, McKinley Elementary, and Topeka High School, which was integrated.
Harlem’s cultural community—albeit now a community severely impacted by the Great Depression
In this series, chefs, farmers, historians, scholars, and other thinkers share their takes on food, consumption, cooking, and eating.
In this print, created sometime after the Depression and before the end of the second
Four everyday Americans were the subject of her famous photographs. Discover the heartbreak and suffering they faced at crucial points in American history.
captures the worry, need, and insecurity of everyday Americans during the Great Depression
When you think about the US West, what images and stories come to mind?
pioneer—was painted by an artist hired by the US government during the Great Depression
This 19th-century dinner dress captured in the Index of American Design gives us a glimpse of how the wealthy dressed for dinner.
In a post-Depression United States, some designers strove for a new simplicity, distinct
The US government once employed artists to draw pictures of designs from historical objects. The idea is reimagined by artists today.
a national enterprise that employed a diverse group of people during the Great Depression
Nearly every artist makes drawings at some point. Some use them as a way of thinking, jotting ideas down as quickly as they occur. Such rough sketches can offer fascinating glimpses into the artist’s imagination or their process. Meanwhile, many artists make elaborate drawings as finished works.
A Federal Art Project dating to the Great Depression, it sought to identify and preserve
A profound appreciation for the paintings of Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer unites these three people—and many others.
“I suffered from a heavy depression,� he says. “The arts—theater, opera,
IAD was a project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), created during the Depression
