Magdalena Astrid Dahlen. Graphite on Paper.
Astrid did this drawing free hand from "life". She worked directly from a strongly lighted wood sculpture in the Art Project studio. The sculpted figure was carved by 1930's *WPA artist, Maxine Albro (cohort of Diego Rivera and co-painter of the Coit Tower Murals).
Few people stop to think that many of our greatest artists were supported by the government (*WPA = The Worker's Progress Administration) during the Great Depression.
As a result, the artists did not starve to death and the country received such a wealth of these artists' work, in public commissions, murals & relief sculpture, that the United States is now considered one of the richest countries in Artistic Genius and Heritage....
Detail of knee below. Patterns and figures erupt in Astrid's linework.
Above: Carved figure in wood. Maxine Albro. Circa 1930. Estate of Parker Hall. Collection of Rory White.
Below : Magdalena Astrid Dahlen, Peer Artist in Residence,
Lamp Art Project.
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