A Meeting of the Artists Union
Datec. 1930
Artist
Moses Soyer
American painter, 1899–1974
MediumConte crayon, Sepia ink, and red chalk on paper
Dimensions8 × 9 3/4 in. (20.3 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2025
Object number2025-9
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThe short-lived but influential Artists' Union in New York City played a significant role in the establishment of both the Public Works of Art Project and the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration, demanding that professional artists be included in the work relief projects in development. At its peak, meetings like those depicted by Soyer were the social and professional epicenter of the art world in New York, attended by more than 300 artists at a time. Artists affiliated with the organization picketed and demonstrated to lobby for a permanent source of public support for the arts.
