After World War I, a new art movement known as Dada was created by artists. Dada meant yes-yes in German. It was a group of artists who felt that tradition initiated the war and they felt that tradition should no longer be followed, but it was to be rejected. They then created their own style and their art relied heavily upon chance. Depicting reality was no longer an issue for the artists.
Francis Picabia (French, 1879–1953) Dada Movement [1]
This is a drawing done by French Artist Francis Picabia. It basically represents the changes which occurred during this time. Not only did changes involve artwork, it also involved the development of new electronic devices such as the television and radio broadcasting.
I found the Dada group fascinating because they basically created themselves after World War I occurred. They blamed the war on tradition and from that they initiated a new movement toward their style of artwork.
After World War I was over and done with, United States of America artists were basically unemployed and very poor. This was the time after the Great Depression as well. President Roosevelt developed the “New Deal” which involved the Federal Arts Project. [2] This was a program which was federally funded that employed artists to complete artwork and the artwork would be shown in public places such as post offices and court houses.
William Schwartz, “River Boat and Bridge” 1938 [3]
Schwartz was employed by the Federal Arts Project during this time. This mural painting is hanging at a post office in Pittsfield, IL.
I particularly liked the Federal Arts Project during this time. If former President Roosevelt didn’t initiate the project for the arts, maybe the art world would have crashed completely.
The Dada group and the Federal Arts Project were both created after World War I. They both created a new view toward the art world, although they were in two different countries at the time. One group, the Dada, was created by artists themselves and the other, Federal Arts Project was created by the U.S. government in order to help the artists with employ-ability.
[1] http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?object_id=35993
[2] http://vickeyk.hubpages.com/hub/Art_and_WPA_A_Vanishing_Heritage
[3] http://vickeyk.hubpages.com/hub/Art_and_WPA_A_Vanishing_Heritage#slide87224
gloriaprince 
The Dada’s opinion on the war and how they blamed it all on tradition was very interesting. I like how you included your opinion on the Federal Arts Project. I’m not sure that I agree that the world would have completely crashed If Roosevelt didn’t initiate the project for the arts.
Good Job. I enjoyed how you included the “Dada” Style originated because artists blamed the war on tradition and in efforts to reject tradition they went the opposite direction with “Dada”