WPA Federal Art Project: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project • WPA/FAP
Areas Of Involvement	Sculpture • Painting • Mural • government support • The arts • Graphic art

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WPA Federal Art Project

Justice of the Pains: The Movement Westward, mural by John Steuart Curry, 1936; in the U.S. Department of Justice Building (Robert F. Kennedy Building), Washington, D.C.

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