Explore prints depicting the good times, hard times, and war-time experiences of everyday Americans in the 1930s and 1940s.
Despite the hardships of the Great Depression, American printmaking blossomed during the 1930s. Government relief programs provided artists of all backgrounds new opportunities to collaborate and experiment. Meanwhile, print clubs and art associations made their works available to the broader public.
People of all classes could see themselves in works of art that reflected their own lives: at work, at play, and at home. Explore these democratic works created by American artists for the American people.
This exhibition celebrates two recent gifts of modern American prints from Hersh and Fern Cohen to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Tue – Sun 10am – 5pm
Wed & Fri open until 8:45pm
Mon CLOSED except some holidays*
* Holiday Hours
Open New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day & Columbus Day
Closed 4th of July
Adults: $20
Seniors (65 & over): $18
Students (with valid ID): $14
Youth (13–18): $14
Children (12 & under): Free
Members: Free
Korman Galleries 121–123
Philadelphia Museum of Art
2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.
Philadelphia, PA
39.9658059, -75.1811577
We the People: American Prints from Between the World Wars
