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WPA Art Project
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Santos Zingale (1908-1999), then an unemployed artist, working on the cartoon phase of a WPA mural he was painting in Racine. The preliminary sketch from which he is working can be seen at the lower right. In 1946 Zingale joined the University of Wisconsin Art Department, where he continued to teach until his retirement in 1946.
1935
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Madison Artists' Show Winner Santos Zingale and His Winning Painting
February 18, 1951
Santos Zingale of the University of Wisconsin art department faculty stands beside his painting, "Variations on a Theme", which won the $100 Award of Excellence in the Madison Artist' Show. The sho...
Heritage
circa 1930-1939
Man working a horse-pulled plow, with a young boy walking at his side.
