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Mabel Dwight was born in 1876. She was born deaf but was a keen observer through visual comedy.
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Samuel L Margolies was born in New York in 1897.
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Jolan Gross Bettelheim, who is now deemed a pioneer in artwork for women, was born in Hungary.
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Mabel Dwight studied art throughout her life but she did not become serious about her artwork until she was fifty years old. At this time she became interested in lithography.
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Margolies joined the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration to assist the relief program for struggling artists. He was an active member and created many works during this time such as "Man's Canyon".
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Mabel Dwight creates the Lithograph "Merchants of Death" to argue against business leaders and greed. It was also seen to be an anti-fascist piece.
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Bettelheim joines the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project which assisted artists during the Great Depression. She believed in Communism so she was always said to support the workers instead of a boss. One painting created for this program was "In the Employment Office".
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Samuel L. Margolies created "Men of Steel" in drypoint to display the baffling conditions construction are placed in. This was one of a multitude of paintings that gained popular appreciation.
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Jolan Gross-Bettelheim creates "Assembly Line" as a lithograph which promotes her appreciation of geometric consistency in industrialization.
