People, Places & Things
Browse portraits, architecture, and decorative arts, and consider how art conveys meaning in all forms.
Browse portraits, architecture, and decorative arts, and consider how art conveys meaning in all forms.
The artworks in Gallup’s New Deal art collection feature a range of subjects from ordinary to exceptional, including landscapes, historic sights, playful toddlers, consequential figures, grazing cows, and bucking broncos. The forms these expressions take vary greatly in size and medium, from postcard-size paintings to murals that take up entire walls and even rooms, small bronze sculptures to a monumental courthouse building, and from quick sketches to intricately carved trasteros (cabinets).
As you explore this eclectic group of works, consider the artists’ unique perspectives:
To learn more about New Deal decorative arts in New Mexico, visit the “New Deal Nuevomexicano and Decorative Arts” Special Exhibit.
To learn more about the Navajo Blanket Portfolio silkscreen prints, visit “Plate-by-Plate: The Navajo Blanket Portfolio” Special Exhibit.
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Gallup and McKinley County are situated on the ancestral and current homelands of the Diné and Ashiwi peoples.
Gallup’s New Deal art collection consists of over 120 objects created, purchased, or donated from 1933 to 1942 through New Deal federal art programs administered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to support artists during the Great Depression.
The Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum features three types of exhibits, combining traditional and non-traditional approaches to illuminate academic, creative, and individual understandings.
Gallup’s New Deal art collection includes works by a demographically, professionally, and stylistically diverse group of named and unnamed artists.
Image Use Notice: Images of Gallup’s New Deal artworks are available to be used for educational purposes only. Non-collection images are subject to specific restrictions and identified by a © icon. Hover over the icon for copyright info. Read more
