Trove of Missing WPA Artworks Discovered in California
- April 21, 2015 20:28
Dozens of missing artworks commissioned by the U.S. government during the Great Depression have been found.
Attics, basements and storage areas of California libraries yielded some of the lost art. Investigators with the Inspector General’s office of the General Services Administration discovered 122 of about 100,000 missing artworks made for the Works Progress Administration.
Poor record-keeping during the Depression-era and thereafter is blamed for the loss.
![Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.](/images/c/e2/2e/Jan20_Rape_of_Europa100x100_c.jpg "Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640), After Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) (Italian [Venetian], c. 1488–1576), Rape of Europa, 1628–29. Oil on canvas, 71 7/8 x 79 3/8 in.")
