1. Depression Era Art 1929-1939

2. Key Ideas Response to the Great Depression Recognizes the plight of the destitute Social concerns shown

3. Dorothea Lange American Documentary photography of migrant workers in California (deserted camp) Migrant Mother. 1935. Photograph. Mother as symbol of despair, anxiety, strength and determination Poverty shown by material Mother’s face framed by turned children

4. Edward Hopper, American Nighthawks. 1942. Oil on canvas. Simple composition Empty streets – loneliness of city life No interaction Clear forms

5. Jacob Lawrence, American Migration of the Negro #38 Collective African-American experience Flat, simple shapes One of a series of 60 paintings depicting the migration of African-Americans from the rural South to the urban North Part of the Harlem Renaissance

6. Grant Wood, American American Gothic. 1930. oil on beaverboard. Regionalist painter focused on rural Iowa subjects Represents a father and daughter Expression of hostility/disapproval May represent the hardiness of the American (maybe not!)