1. Station 3 - Art
1930’s Society and Culture

2. Grant Wood – Regionalism

3. Grant Wood
Grant Wood became very popular during the 1930’s for his art focused on “Regionalism”.
Regionalism: The artistic focus was from artists who shunned city life, and rapidly developing technological advances, to create scenes of rural life.
Answer your Station 3 question about his work after viewing the slideshow.

4. Appraisal

5. Return From Bohemia

6. Fall Plowing – 1931

7. American Gothic – 1930

8. Plaid Sweater – 1931

9. New Road – 1939

10. Woman With Plants – 1929

11. WPA Federal Art Project

12. WPA
From 1935 to 1936, as part of the New Deal Works Progress Administration, the WPA Federal Art Project created posters to publicize local exhibits, theater productions and health and educational programs.
The main goal of the WPA Federal Art Project was to employ struggling artists.