Through April 25

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Public Works of Art Program, 1934: A New Deal for Artists was organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum from their unparalleled collection of paintings created as part of the program. The 55 paintings in the exhibition were created by 54 artists—men and women whose birthplaces spanned the country (and in some cases the globe), and who represent a distinctly diverse vision of America.

Pittsburgh artist Harry W. Scheuch (1906–1978) is represented by two canvases depicting the construction of the Cathedral of Learning on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh. Portraits, cityscapes, city life, landscapes, and rural life are all captured in this exhibition which provides a unique and lasting visual record of America at a specific moment in time.

1934: A New Deal for Artists is organized and circulated by the Smithsonian American Art Museum with support from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Endowment Fund and the Smithsonian Council for American Art. The C. F. Foundation in Atlanta supports the museum’s traveling exhibition program, Treasures to Go.

Support for the Pittsburgh presentation of 1934: A New Deal for Artists is provided, in part, by United States Steel Corporation and Millstein Charitable Foundation.