Great Depression Art 1929-1939

Political Poster

Jun 30, 1929

Photo by Walker Evans -
Photographer for Farm Security Administration

Business Slump

Dec 1, 1930

Cartoon in LIFE Magazine by Ralph Fuller

Empire State Building

Dec 1, 1930

Built by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Architects 1930-31

Food Line

Jan 30, 1931

Cartoon in LIFE Magazine by Chester Garde

Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries

Dec 31, 1931

Song by Lew Brown
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Viva Zapata

Jan 1, 1932

Lithograph of a Wall Mural by Diego Rivera.

I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues

Jan 30, 1932

Music by Luis Armstrong
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Brother Can You Spare a Dime

Jun 1, 1932

Song by Jay Gorney
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Share Croppers

Jan 31, 1935

Lithograph by Gordon Parks

Drought

Oct 30, 1935

Lithograph by Jacob Kainen that addresses environmental issues during the Depression

New York #1

Jan 1, 1936

Lithograph by Seymour Fogel

Abandoned Antebellum Plantation House

Mar 30, 1936

Photo by Walker Evans

Land of Plenty

Apr 30, 1936

Lithograph by Lucienne Bloch

Pensive Black Man

Dec 31, 1936

Lithograph by Seymour Fogel

Propaganda Poster

Jan 1, 1937

Poster to Encourage Federal Art Programs

Propaganda Poster

Nov 30, 1938

Poster for Healthy Eating

Realization

Dec 1, 1938

Sculpture by Augusta Savage

The Grapes of Wrath

Jun 1, 1939

This novel by John Steinbeck evokes the harshness of the Great Depression. It won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

Child and her Mother, Yakima Valley

Aug 1, 1939

Photograph by Dorothea Lange who's work pioneered "social documentary photography.".

If I Ever Get a Job Again

Dec 31, 1939

Music by Dick Robertson
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