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San Diego Harbor by Unknown
Photo CreditNicole Avila/GSA
San Diego Harbor
Photo CreditNicole Avila/GSA

San Diego Harbor

Artist
Yearc.1935
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions59 3/4 x 96 1/8 in. (151.8 x 244.2 cm)
Credits WPA, Federal Art Project, 1935 - 1943
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • This painting was executed under the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a program that recognized the plight of artists during the Great Depression and commissioned paintings and sculpture for the embellishment of newly constructed Federal buildings, post offices and courthouses across the country.  In addition to providing work relief to suffering artists, these New Deal initiatives produced the first major body of public American art which by the end of a decade totaled hundreds of thousands of works.  Public works of art, such as this piece, are to remind the American people of their cultural heritage and the important tradition of individual creative expression.