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FREE FOR GAGE MEMBERS. David F. Martin will focus on regional artists and their depictions of scenes from everyday life in the Northwest during the 1930’s and 40’s. Many of the works reflect the industrial, political and social aspects of the Great Depression and WWII era. Beginning in the late 1920’s younger American artists were turning away from the dominant influence of European Impressionism and Modernism in search of a completely unique representation of America. These artists utilized subject matter depicting the unique elements of their individual regions and often celebrated the urban and rural environments as well as local industries and recreational activities.
On the other side of the spectrum, some Northwest artists used their talents to reflect their interest in communist and socialist ideology, as well as labor causes and racial and class inequities. The Leftist movement was so strong in Washington State that in 1936,” Postmaster General James Farley stated…“There are forty-seven states in the Union, and the Soviet of Washington”.