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Arlington Gregg - A book mark would be better!

A book mark would be better! (1936)

Arlington Gregg (American, 1909 - 1964)
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This work was commissioned by the United States federal government as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) program. It is not subject to copyright protection.
Arlington Gregg

Arlington Gregg was a noted Works Progress Administration (WPA) poster artist and lithographer. Raised in an orphanage and mostly self-taught, he managed to secure a position in the Illinois Office of the Federal Arts Project Poster Division (1935-1942), where his work gained attention for incorporating Modernist characteristics, playful cartoon-like imagery and inventive use of typography as a design element.

Gregg also served as draftsman for the Army Map Service in Chicago before his appointment as Senior Lithographic Artistic Draftsman for the Naval Oceanographic Office in Washington DC in 1942, performing a large variety of illustrative work and cartography during World War II, including serving as a cartoonist for the Office's wartime newspaper, The Scuttlebutt.
In addition to his work-related art, his personal artwork garnered praise, with showings at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington Arts Club and other exhibition venues.

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From an Indian painting on elkskin, Great Plains

From an Indian painting on elkskin, Great Plains (1939)

Louis Siegriest (American, 1899 -1989)
October’s ‘bright blue weather’ A good time to read!

October’s ‘bright blue weather’ A good time to read! (1936)

Albert M. Bender (American, 20th Century)
Apache devil dancer from an Indian painting, Arizona

Apache devil dancer from an Indian painting, Arizona (1939)

Louis Siegriest (American, 1899 -1989)
100 water colors by easel artists of the New York City WPA Art Project

100 water colors by easel artists of the New York City WPA Art Project (1940)

Anonymous
Keep your teeth clean

Keep your teeth clean (1936-1938)

Anonymous
Keep your fire escapes clear

Keep your fire escapes clear (1936)

Anonymous
Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (1936)

Isadore Posoff (American, 20th Century)
Ready to serve – trained, efficient workers

Ready to serve – trained, efficient workers (1939)

Cleo Sara (American, 20th Century)
Build for your Navy! Enlist! Carpenters, machinists, electricians etc

Build for your Navy! Enlist! Carpenters, machinists, electricians etc (1941)

Robert Muchley (American, 1920-)
Haiti, a drama of the black Napoleon

Haiti, a drama of the black Napoleon (1938)

Vera Bock (American, 1905 - 1973)
Photographs, second annual exhibition, Sioux City Camera Club

Photographs, second annual exhibition, Sioux City Camera Club (1936-1939)

Anonymous
Exhibition WPA Connecticut artists

Exhibition WPA Connecticut artists (1936-1939)

Anonymous
Keep clean

Keep clean (1936-1939)

Erik Hans Krause (American, 1899-1990)
Federal Theatre presents ‘… one-third of a nation’

Federal Theatre presents ‘… one-third of a nation’ (1936-1939)

Irving Spellens (American, 20th Century)
Blanket design of the Haida Indians, Alaska

Blanket design of the Haida Indians, Alaska (1939)

Louis Siegriest (American, 1899 -1989)
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