The Miraculous
The Miraculous: New York
36. (West 43rd Street)
By Raphael RubinsteinIn the winter of 1936, an American Artists’ Congress Against War and Fascism is held at two venues, Town Hall and the New School. Over the course of three days, some 34 speakers address the hundreds of attendees.
The Miraculous: New York
37. (West 8th Street)
By Raphael RubinsteinIn September 1936, a painting is included in a show at the A.C.A Gallery of honorable mentions from a contest sponsored by the American Artists’ Congress. The canvas depicts a thronging torchlight protest march on an unidentified Manhattan avenue.
The Miraculous: New York
38. (Williamsburg, Pier 88)
By Raphael RubinsteinIn July 1937, the government declares that all artists employed by the Works Progress Administration must be citizens of the United States. Among the people who are thus disqualified from receiving aid are two young painters, one from Russia, the other from Holland.
The Miraculous: New York
39. (Times Square, Columbus Circle, Union Square)
By Raphael RubinsteinOne Wednesday afternoon in the fall of 1938, eight artists set up their easels at New York City’s busiest intersections and began to paint posters intended to publicize a campaign to fund a relief ship to Spain whose government is battling a fascist coup.
The Miraculous: New York
40. (330 West 42nd Street)
By Raphael RubinsteinSome eight months before the country enters the Second World War, two New York comic-book artists create a flashy super-hero who vigorously defends the United States against all enemies. In the first issue he is shown beating up no one less than Adolf Hitler.
