Permanent Collection Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
1941.10061 |
Collection |
Painting Collection |
Media Collection |
Watercolor Collection |
Title |
Engine |
Date |
Circa 1940 |
Artist |
Mitchell Jamieson (1915-1976) |
Description |
During the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration commissionied artists as part of an effort to keep Americans employed and to make art more accessible to the public. Mitchell Jamieson prepared this painting as a reference for a larger mural project at the post office in Willard, Ohio. |
Medium |
Watercolor, Paper |
Technique |
Painted |
Height (in) |
23.000 |
Width (in) |
29.000 |
Culture |
American |
School |
Realism |
Place of Origin |
United States |
Credit Line |
Gift of Steward Leonard |
People |
Leonard, Stewart |
Search Terms |
American Art American Artists American Paintings Civilian Conservation Corps Engines Figures, Men Flames Lines New Deal Paintings Perspective Shovels The Great Depression Trains Treasury Department Watercolor Paintings Works Progress Administration |
Location |
On view in the Arts of Ohio Gallery, 3rd Floor |