Depression art work

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I am looking for the name, artist or where i might find, information about art work done during the depression dipicting industry in an art deco manner. For lack of a better or correct description, "art in industry."

Thank you.

Rich Morrone

-- Rich Morrone (acme.mfg.ctg@att.net), July 04, 1999

Answers

There is one book that may help you: Precisionism in America: 1915-41, ISBN 0810937344.

This is the catalogue of an exhibition which featured, in particular Charles Sheeler who did a lot of paintings of this type, including of the Ford River Rouge Plant.

-- R Bradshaw (dstc47@indigo.ie), August 11, 1999.


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