April 2, 2020Lauren GoldbergThe Artists of the WPA WPA Posters: Favorites from a Vintage Posters Specialist Read more about WPA Posters: Favorites from a Vintage Posters Specialist In addition to the many murals, sculptures, paintings and photos commissioned by the Works Progress Administration during the 1930s and forties, graphic artists designed hundreds upon hundreds of posters for the agency, of which about two million copies were printed and only a fraction survived.