Connecticut WPA Art

Blahitka, Mary (?)All that is known about this artist is that she worked for the FAP in 1940 and was then residing at the YWCA in New Haven. She produced one unallocated easel entitled, “Gloxinias.” She is also listed as working on an untitled mural at the Lawrence School in Hartford, but there are no starting and ending dates.Source: WPA Artist’s Work CardWorks of Art Listed i...

Backstrom, John W. (1899-1983)John Backstrom was born in Meriden, Connecticut and educated in public schools in Meriden and Wallingford. At the age of 14, he showed a talent for art that an art teacher noticed. That same year he sold his first painting. Backstrom continued to paint and developed his skill in landscape painting. During the Second World War he served in the Army....