‘… without a patron [Tait] could not take on this project. When the [PWAP] gave her support in the winter of 1933–1934, the artist had her opportunity. As skaters & sledders flocked to the frozen lake & snowy slopes of Central Park, Tait joined them to sketch the winter fun. Then she retreated to her studio to make her painting. Tait showed the park in late afternoon as the Manhattan sky began to blush & the street lamps to glow, but skating & sledding were still in full swing. Once she had the landscape painted, Tait added figures in groups to create a colorful pattern against the snow and ice. The dark branches of the bare trees make a more subtle design against the white snow and mist & the golden sky. Around the ends of tree branches & in patches along the snow banks, Tait painted areas of gray into which she drew snow-covered twigs & grasses by scraping away the gray paint with the end of her paintbrush.’ - https://www.flickr.com/photos/americanartmuseum/3266718781/in/pool-1934/ [image from https://www.flickr.com/photos/ctankcycles/3684877407/]

#WINTER 1933-1934 – The #PublicWorksOfArtProject (#PWAP)
‘Skating in Central Park’ Agnes Tait (1894-1981). 1934. Oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art Museum (from US Dept. of Labor)
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#AgnesTait #AmericanArt #TheNewDeal #GreatDepression #iceskating #CentralPark #ThePond

‘… without a patron [Tait] could not take on this project. When the [PWAP] gave her support in the winter of 1933–1934, the artist had her opportunity. As skaters & sledders flocked to the frozen lake & snowy slopes of Central Park, Tait joined them to sketch the winter fun. Then she retreated to her studio to make her painting. Tait showed the park in late afternoon as the Manhattan sky began to blush & the street lamps to glow, but skating & sledding were still in full swing. Once she had the landscape painted, Tait added figures in groups to create a colorful pattern against the snow and ice. The dark branches of the bare trees make a more subtle design against the white snow and mist & the golden sky. Around the ends of tree branches & in patches along the snow banks, Tait painted areas of gray into which she drew snow-covered twigs & grasses by scraping away the gray paint with the end of her paintbrush.’ - https://www.flickr.com/photos/americanartmuseum/3266718781/in/pool-1934/ [image from https://www.flickr.com/photos/ctankcycles/3684877407/]

#WINTER 1933-1934 – The #PublicWorksOfArtProject (#PWAP)
‘Skating in Central Park’ Agnes Tait (1894-1981). 1934. Oil on canvas. Smithsonian American Art Museum (from US Dept. of Labor)
👉ALT
#AgnesTait #AmericanArt #TheNewDeal #GreatDepression #iceskating #CentralPark #ThePond

Agnes Tait, Skating in Central Park, 1934, at Smithsonian American Art Museum. She couldn't have done this without support from the Public Works of Art Project. #greatdepression #agnestait #americanart #centralpark #nyc