Oil paintings, watercolors, and lithographs produced by the WPA’s easel division were also donated to public institutions. Although many of these works were scattered and lost during the confusion of the Second World War, some institutions preserved and exhibited WPA works.

A part of the WPA’s artwork was donated to the Mount Morris Tuberculosis Sanatorium, which opened in Livingston, New York, in 1936. The Sanatorium received approximately 240 pieces of WPA artwork in 1937. After the Sanatorium closed in 1971, the New York State government purchased the building and its collection, now called the New Deal Gallery, and exhibited the WPA artwork.

The gallery’s collection includes a total of 14 works by 5 Japanese artists, including oil paintings, watercolors, and prints in a serene art style depicting plants, birds, and suburban scenes, in contrast to the historical-themed murals created by Eitaro Ishigaki and Sakari Suzuki, who were among the WPA’s artists. and prints.