Accession Number1943.43
TitleMining Town
Artist(s)Blanche GrambsArtist NationalityAmerican (North American)Object Creation Date1936-1943Medium & Supportetching on paperDimensions 11 4/5 in x 14 ⅞ in (30 cm x 37.78 cm)
Credit LineAllocated by the U.S. Government
Commissioned through the New Deal art projectsSubject matterIn
Mining Town, three bundled and shadowy figures walk in front of a row of buildings. A large industrial building looms in the background. The artist, Blanche Grambs, joined the Art Students League in New York City in 1934. At the school she was encouraged to incorporate social issues into her art. The plight of miners became a common theme in her work following a 1936 trip with the league to a mining town in Pennsylvania. That same year she joined the Federal Art Project. The town featured in this print was likely inspired by her travels to Pennsylvania.
Physical DescriptionFour buildings are situated at an angle and descend away from the viewer as if on a hill. A latticework pattern visible in the background suggests an industrial complex. Three figures in deep shadow walk in the foreground.
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Keywords
American (North American)
New Deal
WPA
abstraction
buildings
factory
fences
houses
mine
mining towns
modern and contemporary art
road
townscapes (representations)
walking