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The Repair Man
About the ArtistLeonard Pytlak (1910–1998) was an American serigrapher, lithographer, painter, teacher, and lecturer born in Newark, New Jersey. He studied at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Art before continuing his education at the Art…
March on to Health
Public health poster created by Chicago's Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium depicts that disease as a collective responsibility: it depended upon everyone get a TB test. In colors leaning heavily toward the American flag, and eight children…
Steel Workers
Eight men are captured at a moment both dangerous and routine, part of the steelworker's 12-hour day. Botts is likely depicting what was called an open-hearth furnace, used by Andrew Carnegie to dramatically speed up the process and undercut his…
Saturday Night
Bott’s print employs a detailed, black-and-white illustrative style in its portrayal of a middle-aged woman bathing her dog in a large tub. Shades of gray and black linework are used to give dimension and definition to the objects and figures in the…
AI Generative Art: Local Democracy
Librarians at American University describe its AI Generative Art Project as follows: "Every day, members of the AU community borrow books from the library. Each of those books comes with subject headings—short phrases that describe the main topics…
Sheep Shearing
About the ArtistBorn in Milwaukee, WI, Schardt studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then the Art Students League in New York. His works were exhibited at the Federal Gallery and the Municipal Art Gallery. Beginning in the 1935 Schardt began…
