Artist: Osvaldo Louis Guglielmi
Date: 1939
Size: 76 x 61 cm
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)
Technique: Tempera
The title of this work references President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1937 inaugural address, in which he proclaimed, "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished." One Third of a Nation is also the title of Arthur Arent’s 1938 play, which emphasized the plight of the poor and was funded by the Works Progress Administration"s Federal Theatre Project. In this painting Guglielmi draws attention to the horrid living conditions during the Great Depression. The forms in the foreground resemble coffins and subsequently suggest a similar reading of the brick tenements behind them. The floral wreath adorning the building’s cornice reinforces this metaphor.
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