{"id":332,"date":"2018-06-18T19:31:52","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T19:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianfaur.com\/NewSite\/?p=332"},"modified":"2018-06-18T19:56:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T19:56:05","slug":"inside-the-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianfaur.com\/NewSite\/2018\/06\/18\/inside-the-rainbow\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the Rainbow"},"content":{"rendered":"

34×34<\/b> -(9 panels<\/em>)13,158 hand cast encaustic crayons
\n-based on photo by Dorothea Lange 1939 -(FSA) Farm Security Administration\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Great Depression of the 1930s affected the life of every American, including writers, musicians, actors, and artists, and in 1935 a portion of the funding for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was designated for the aid of these unemployed professionals. This unprecedented largesse from the federal government employed over 250 artists, with 80 in the New York workshop alone. The artists, including Mabel Dwight, Louis Lozowick, Nan Lurie, and Raphael Soyer, were given a place to work and a salary, leaving them free to create, unfettered by financial concerns. In return, the artists created 20 to 25 copies of each print, which were then distributed to schools, libraries, museums, and other institutions around the country. In 1943, as the program ended and the New York workshop was closed, approximately 1,200 prints were deposited with the Print Collection of The New York Public Library. This exhibition is drawn exclusively from that 1943 allocation, and celebrates that unique relationship between the government and the arts.<\/p>\n