1. Great Depression Art Gallery
Various images to explore the impact of the Great Depression.

2. How to Analyze Art What to look for…
Subject
Color usage, light and shadow
Imagery
Background
Details
Expressions and emotions
Context created

3. The Crash!!!
James N. Rosenberg, Oct 29 Dies Irae ("Days of Wrath"), 1929

4. Brooklyn Bridge Emptiness
Louis Lozowick, Brooklyn Bridge (1930) Smithsonian American Art Museum

5. Brooklyn Bridge is Falling Down, Falling Down, Falling Down….AE

6. Banana Men at Work
Mable Dwight, Banana Men, n.d.

7. No Work
Blanche Grambs, No Work (1935)

8. Union Square
Reginald Marsh, Union Square (1933) Lithograph The Univ. of Michigan Museum of Art

9. Bar and Grill?
Eli Jacobi, Bar and Grill (n.d.)

10. Along the East River
Nicolai Cikovsky, On the East River (c. 1934)

11. Getting Away From it All…

12. Twenty Cent Movie (Previous Slide)
Reginald Marsh, Twenty Cent Movie (1936) Egg tempera on board 30x40in. (76.2x101.6 cm) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

13. Strugglin’ to Survive!
Jacob Burck, The Lord Provides (1934)

14. Scrap drive… AE

15. Lunch…
Joseph Hirsch, Lunch Hour (1942)

16. Night Flight… AE

17. American Gothic
The Art Institute of Chicago Grant Wood, American ( ) 1930 Oil on beaverboard Friends of American Art Collection Acquired in 1930

18. Black Sunday, 1935

19. After the Storm…

20. Harvesting the Crops AE

21. Farm Trouble AE

22. Protesting Lest We Forget
By Ben Shahn, Resettlement Administration, 1937 Gouache and watercolor in bound volume NA

23. TRIBUTE

24. The New Deal (Previous Slide)
Conrad A. Albrizio, The New Deal (1934) Affresco by Conrad A. Albrizio, dedicated to President Roosevelt, placed in the auditorium of the Leonardo Da Vinci Art School (149 East 34th Street, NYC)

25. Back to Work…
Harry Sternberg, Builders ( )

26. Returning to Home Working Girls Going Home
By Raphael Soyer, New York City Federal Art Project, WPA, 1937 Lithograph NA

27. Bibliography All pictures in presentation are from:
unless otherwise noted.
American Gothic is from:
Dust Bowl pictures are public domain.
Pictures designated as “AE” are from:
Dijkstra, Bram. American Expressionism: Art and Social Change New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc
Pictures designated as “NA” are from: