WPA mural from the Cohen Building (formerly housing the Social Security Board Building) in Washington, D.C., 1942. Seymour Fogel's murals were painted to express the meaning of Social Security. The ...
The clock is ticking for Washington, D.C.’s 85-year old Wilbur J. Cohen building, described by preservationists as the “Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art” for the impressive art collection it holds, ...
Today I want to tell a different story—one that hasn’t been covered by anybody. It’s about that decrepit government building. Before your government sells it off—more than likely at a fire-sale price, ...
The threat to the Cohen is the most urgent because The Meaning of Social Security is probably the most significant work of New Deal public art in Washington. Last week, I finally got to see it up ...
New Deal Treasure: Ben Shahn tells the story of the American experience before and after the passage of the Social Security Act in his mural "The Meaning of Social Security." This East Wall panel of ...
To forge a new social contract is one thing. To explain it to people is another. The bureaucrats of the New Deal understood that very well. They also knew that art and architecture could be powerful ...
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