Seen as breaking with European artistic traditions the Group of Seven’s paintings of the Canadian landscape were equated with social, cultural, and political meanings and ideals. Franklin Carmichael, Grace Lake by Dr. Isabelle Gapp
A magical landscape Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Little Joe with Cow by Dr. Jennifer Padgett, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Dr. Steven Zucker
Finding beauty in American industry Elsie Driggs, Blast Furnaces by Dr. Jennifer Padgett, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Dr. Steven Zucker
Cats, gossip, and laundry — a view of Los Angeles during the Great Depression. Millard Sheets, Tenement Flats by Dr. Virginia Mecklenburg, Smithsonian American Art Museum and Dr. Steven Zucker