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Arlington Gregg - This breaks the back of a book!

This breaks the back of 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)

Strictly business

Strictly business (1936-1939)

John Buczak (American, 20th Century)
Don’t kill our wild life

Don’t kill our wild life (1936-1940)

John Wagner (American, 20th Century)
What about India

What about India (1941-1943)

Maurice Merlin (American, 1909 - 1947)
Keep your teeth clean

Keep your teeth clean (1936-1938)

Anonymous
Theatre of Music

Theatre of Music (1936-1941)

Anonymous
Build for your Navy! Enlist! Carpenters, machinists, electricians etc

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

Robert Muchley (American, 1920-)
Protect your hands! You work with them.

Protect your hands! You work with them. (1936)

Robert Muchley (American, 1920-)
WPA Federal Theatre presents ‘It can’t happen here’

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

Richard Halls (American, 1906 - )
Work pays America! Prosperity

Work pays America! Prosperity (1936-1941)

Vera Bock (American, 1905 - 1973)
Jobs for girls & women

Jobs for girls & women (1936)

Albert M. Bender (American, 20th Century)
WPA Index of American Design exhibition Watercolor renderings of crewel embroidery

WPA Index of American Design exhibition Watercolor renderings of crewel embroidery (1936)

Anonymous
Learn to swim campaign

Learn to swim campaign (1936-1940)

John Wagner (American, 20th Century)
Good grades – Habits go together

Good grades – Habits go together (1939)

Anonymous
Amateur contest, July 23rd

Amateur contest, July 23rd (1936-1940)

Arlington Gregg (American, 1909 - 1964)
Blanket design of the Haida Indians, Alaska

Blanket design of the Haida Indians, Alaska (1939)

Louis Siegriest (American, 1899 -1989)
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