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Donald Forbes - Accordion Player

Accordion Player (ca. 1939-1940)

Donald Forbes (American, 1905 - 1951)
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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.

Born in Auburn, NE in 1905. Raised in an orphanage, Forbes left there in 1920 and came to California. In Los Angeles he worked at odd jobs and as a movie extra. He held his first exhibition at the Los Angeles Public Library in 1927. The following year he was a member of the teaching faculty at the CSFA and then followed book illustration assignments in NYC. In 1930 he moved to New Orleans where he received his first formal art instructions at the Arts & Crafts Club. This session and a course of study in NYC under Jean CharIot at the Florence Cane School were his only academic training. Back in NYC, he worked for the Federal Art Project during the Depression. During WWII he worked as a riveter in a New Jersey shipyard.

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Dependent

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Sol Carson (American, 1917 - ?)
Jam Session

Jam Session (1935–43)

Fred Becker (American, 1913-2004)
Harvest Still Life

Harvest Still Life (1937)

Howard Taft Lorenz (American, 1906-1956)
Back Bay

Back Bay (1935-1941)

David Burke (American, 1935–1943)
Prays’ Meetin’

Prays’ Meetin’ (1935-1943)

Lillian Richter Reynolds (American, 1916-)
Landscape

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Walter Ellis Ragsdale Jr. (American, 1924–2011)
The Art Center

The Art Center (1938)

Emmett Erskine Jones (American, 1928–2018)
Going Home

Going Home (1935-1943)

E. Muler (American, 20th Century)
Mob

Mob (1935 - 1939)

Walter Leroy Flint (American, 1909-1990)
Night Scene of Shoreline with Two Wolves

Night Scene of Shoreline with Two Wolves (ca. 1933-1943)

Anonymous
NYC Street Scene

NYC Street Scene (1935-1943)

Elias Grossman (American, 1898 – 1947)
Nocturne to Victoria

Nocturne to Victoria (1938)

Charles Davis (American, 1910–1963)
Irish Cottage

Irish Cottage (ca. 1935-1938)

Josephine Joy (American, 1869-1948)
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