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Corn, Cotton, and Tobacco Culture by Arthur Sinclair Covey
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of Page Conservation, Inc.
Corn, Cotton, and Tobacco Culture
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of Page Conservation, Inc.

Corn, Cotton, and Tobacco Culture

Artist
Year1940
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions10 x 15.25 ft. (120 x 183 in.)
Credits New Deal Art Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration




  • Here, during the season of cotton picking, Covey states that "my characters are American citizens, descended from several generations in the South who stuck to their lands in the reconstruction days and fought their own economic problems.  They are not share croppers, nor have they ever been on relief. They are intelligent planters who plan their crops realistically.  I have shown no children working in the field because they have been sent to school. These are the people who believe in the New South."