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2005-12-10 22:28:42
From: lrhb
(San Francisco)
In the USA during the 1930's and 1940's, there was a program
called WPA (Works Progress Administration). The WPA hired many
creative people to make things like statues, paintings, plays,
songs, and posters.
This gallery shows many good posters from the WPA. I am sad
the government does not still hire artists to make wonderful
things.
My favorites I think are "Travel". What about you?
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/highlights.html
| 2005-12-09 20:27:48: Bo
(Beijing/SF)second this. the "travel" posters are the nicest from design point of view.
but my favorites are "world war 2". a little shocking. so this was what war was like for everyday folks.
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| 2005-12-09 21:43:26: JJ
(San Francisco)maybe not so shocking if we could remember what movies/news they were exposed about war during those days. It was certainly no saving private ryan.
My favorite is actually Culture Programs. I like the abstract elements and the style even resembled cubism a tiny bit.
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| 2005-12-09 23:16:23: lrhb
(San Francisco)If you'd like to see some of the movies people were "informed" with, you can find some here:
http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger
The popular items have some war-time propaganda which to watch today is pretty shocking. To think that anyone would ever believe these things is amazing, but, those were the times, and that's what many people believed.
Many of the old films used for social education were also created by fiolm-makers and writers under the WPA!
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