Since any art movement has its share of mediocrity and weaknesses peculiar to itself, these criticisms miss a more important point. The historical and artistic significance of WPA art was its attempt to free U.S. culture from domination by European viewpoints, to explore the roots of American cultural identity, and to bridge the abyss that chronically exists between much of the American public and the world of art.

To what extent the WPA movement succeeded with these objectives is of course open to debate. But today we hear again cries from many quarters that art is alienated from the everyday life and world of the general audience. Consequently, it seems relevant to reexamine the art of a period in U.S. history when community, government, and individual artists experimented with the idea of working together in the interests of a common culture.

• "New Year's Eve"

• "Confusion"

• "San Francisco Wharf"

• "Ranch"

• "Farm Buildings"

• "Women on a Park Bench"

• "Railroad Station"
• "Docking"

• "Paper Making"

• "An Old Town in Illinois"

• "El Capitano"

• "Swing"

• "Apple Trees"

• "The Lumber Wagon"

• "Decorative Head #2"

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• "Placing The Girder"

• "In the Wings"

• "Union Square"

• "Lion"

• "Fred"

• "The Commodore in His Cups"

• "Bay Bridge Series"

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• "Village"

• "Grant Avenue and Washington Street, San Francisco, California"

• "Parkway Near Lagoon"
  
• "The Helmsman"

• "Circus Horses"

• "Apple Creek Farmer"

• "Caravan Theater"

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• "Desert"

• "Foundry"

• "The Mail Plane"

• "Claude"

• "Carnival #2"

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