As we reconnected to daily life in 2022, we continued to scour for any WPA posters that might be in private or public collections to add to our comprehensive online archive. This year, we found nine posters to add to the public record - bringing our current total up to 2266!
Many of them were gems about books and libraries, - and mostly from the Illinois WPA Art Project in Chicago - these new finds brought to light another new piece by Arlington Gregg that neither we nor his grandson Ed Walker had seen before!
Many of them were gems about books and libraries, - and mostly from the Illinois WPA Art Project in Chicago - these new finds brought to light another new piece by Arlington Gregg that neither we nor his grandson Ed Walker had seen before!
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by Arlington Gregg
In addition to those uncatalogued pieces, we also came across some exciting images from well-known artists.
Two new items by Dorothy Waugh added to the state and national park posters we have already documented.
Two new items by Dorothy Waugh added to the state and national park posters we have already documented.
 by Dorothy Waugh |  by Dorothy Waugh |
We also found record of a poster for National Art Week signed by Boris Artzybasheff, a well-known surrealist best known for his magazine art. We have never seen record of Artzybasheff being a WPA artist in the NY Division, so we are not sure if he was every on the rolls of the WPA or if he was commissioned to do this piece as an already noted artist of the time.
by Boris Artzybasheff
Along with these new finds, was a rare image from the Connecticut WPA Poster Division that we've never seen before and isn't documented in any other public archival records.
We are excited to continue our search in 2023! And don't forget, if you see any posters out there marked "WPA" or "FEDERAL ART PROJECT" please help us document them for the archive. You can send a picture and tell us what you know by submitting to the archive here.
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