Depression-Era Sculpture of the Bay Area (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781540225757)

The Great Depression was a terrible blow for the Bay Area's thriving art community. A few private art projects kept a small number of sculptors working, but for the majority, prospects of finding new commissions were grim. By the mid-1930s, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program had gathered steam, and assistance was provided to the nation's art community. Salvation came from the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which employed thousands of artists to produce sculpture for public venues. The Bay Area art community subsequently benefitted from the need to fill the then-forthcoming Golden Gate International Exposition (GGIE) with sculpture of all shapes and sizes. As bad as the Depression was, its legacy more than 80 years on is one of beauty. The Bay Area is dotted with sculpture from this era, the majority of it on public display. Depression-Era Sculpture of the Bay Area is a visual tour of this artistic bounty.

Author: Nicholas a. Veronico, Betty S. Veronico
ISBN-10: 1540225755
ISBN-13: 9781540225757
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 08/07/2017
Pages: 98
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.25d