Painting is sign in right front corner, Vernon Smith PWA 1934, there is a metal tag on the front center the reads: Public Works of Art Project, on the back of the painting the is a paper tag that has the following on it: Public Works of Art Project #168 Treasury Department . Artist: Vernon Smith Region: 1 Oil, Title: The Sea Captain's House Disposition: Hon John J. Davis Date: 5/18/34 Room: 112 House Office Bldg. THIS PICTURE IS THE PROPERTY OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
The painting was given to my Mother and Father as a wedding gift from then Senator Frank Boykin(Ala) along with several other items. There is little I could find out about the artist, a short bio that said he was a Regional Director of the Massachesett Federal Arts Project and was from Orleans, Ma. Also pulled up an article (Robbins Report-Your Art is Gone) in The Capcod Today newspaper dated: )03/03/08 It seems he was a well Knowned artist in that area.
Anyone know anything about
Anyone know anything about Public Works of Art Project, I have an oil painting from that period, I posted it on this site for appraisal no anser yet ....
WPA Art Project
Born 1894 in Cortland, NY; died 1959 in Orleans, MA. He attended the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts. Smith was a District Supervisor for the Massachusetts Art Project. Member of the Alaska Federal Art Project (1937).