Sloan’s painting was evaluated on “Antiques Roadshow” as part of an effort to publicize the GSA’s efforts to recover lost art from the WPA era, and it was appraised at $750,000.

The WPA supported tens of thousands of artists, by funding creation of 2,566 murals and 17,744 pieces of sculpture that decorate public buildings nationwide. The federal art, theater ...

a book (“Ranger of the Lost Art: Rediscovering the WPA Poster Art”) and all kinds of modern-day “See America” posters out there. Some are quite good. Others are little more than a photo ...