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Arlington Gregg - Rain is bad for a book!

Rain is bad for a book! (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.

In Collection: Works Progress Administration (WPA) Posters (View all 81)

Be clean in everything that concerns your baby

Be clean in everything that concerns your baby (1936-1939)

Erik Hans Krause (American, 1899-1990)
Pomo Indian basket, California

Pomo Indian basket, California (1939)

Louis Siegriest (American, 1899 -1989)
Good grades – Habits go together

Good grades – Habits go together (1939)

Anonymous
Exhibition WPA Connecticut artists

Exhibition WPA Connecticut artists (1936-1939)

Anonymous
Cavalcade of the American negro

Cavalcade of the American negro (1940)

Cleo Sara (American, 20th Century)
Jobs for girls & women

Jobs for girls & women (1936)

Albert M. Bender (American, 20th Century)
Books are weapons

Books are weapons (1941-1943)

Anonymous
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
Theatre of Music

Theatre of Music (1936-1941)

Anonymous
WPA Federal Theatre presents ‘It can’t happen here’

WPA Federal Theatre presents ‘It can’t happen here’ (1936)

Richard Halls (American, 1906 - )
Haiti, a drama of the black Napoleon

Haiti, a drama of the black Napoleon (1938)

Vera Bock (American, 1905 - 1973)
Train to be a nurse’s aide

Train to be a nurse’s aide (1941-1943)

Anonymous
Craft school

Craft school (1936-1938)

Jerome Henry Rothstein (American, 1918-2008)
Have a date with us

Have a date with us (1941)

Anonymous
The W.P.A. Federal Theatre Negro Unit presents Macbeth by William Shakespeare

The W.P.A. Federal Theatre Negro Unit presents Macbeth by William Shakespeare (1936)

Anthony Velonis (American, 1911-1997)
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