Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
bare mannequins, Raphael Soyer, depression era, America
College
Fine Arts and Communications
Department
Art
Abstract
During the tumultuous years following the crash of the New York Stock Market in October 1929 and the Great Depression, a great need emerged to provide the millions of unemployed with some type of meaningful employment. One of the groups to be hit the hardest was the country’s struggling artists. As one historian aptly stated, “There had never been a time in our history when artists were so personally affected by physical need, so involved in economic action, so moved to political expression and organization, or so caught up in esthetic debate.”1 Because so many had been touched, artists became heavily involved in addressing the problems of society. Many supported Roosevelt’s New Deal, while the reaction of others was to simply record what they saw around them in their art.
Recommended Citation
Lee, Michelle E. and Magleby, Dr. Mark
(2013)
"The Bare Mannequins of Raphael Soyer: Images of Depression Era America,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 2064.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/2064