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Unearthing Originals. Of the 35,000 posters created during the W.P.A., only about 2,000 have been found and cataloged, and just a fraction of those are national park prints.
Artist Daniel Beckwith added Muppets to national park-style posters, with Kermit and Robin hiking, Fozzie at a waterfall, and more.
Colorado-based artist Rob Decker is on a mission to create posters for every one of our 59 National Parks. For each, he digitally manipulates photographs from his park visits to channel the ...
In 1938, the National Park Service launched a poster program to increase visits to America’s outdoor sites, from Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon.
That was his first foray into replication. With the help of designer Brian Maebius, Leen would go on to produce new posters in the vintage style for some 50 national parks.
Talk Highlights: Meet Ranger Doug, a former Grand Teton National Park ranger who stumbled on a forgotten WPA-era poster and launched a 40-year mission to rediscover the National Park's lost art legacy ...
A first-of-its-kind exhibition that focuses on the history of Yellowstone National Park posters will be on display at the University of Wyoming’s Coe Library beginning Tuesday, Feb. 1. “Wonderland ...
It’s National Park Week.So I’m continuing my tradition of using this as an excuse to write about our national parks, spend a few hours in a local park, and dream about visiting some faraway ones.
The Muppet posters are in the style of the Works Projects Administration (WPA) posters produced from 1935-1943 that are instantly recognizable as national parks posters.
SEATTLE – In 1971, when Doug Leen was a Grand Teton National Park ranger in his early 20s, his boss assigned him to clean out a barn, its contents destined for the dump. A silk-screen print on ...
He's also pursued the history of classic national park posters. His book of research and art is out now. ... Leen would go on to produce new posters in the vintage style for some 50 national parks.