Painter Howard Cecil Johnson worked in many of the government art programs in Iowa during the Great Depression. He did mural work with the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) (December 1933- May 1934), mural and easel painting with the Treasury Relief Art Program (TRAP) (November 1935-July 1937), and easel and mural painting along with design and exhibition work with the Works Progress Administration (WPA) (1937-1941). He worked on the Iowa State College (University) mural cycle When Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow under Grant Wood, murals for the federal courthouse in Cedar Rapids, the Cedar Rapids post office mural, and the Iowa State Fairgrounds mural entitled "History of Agriculture in Iowa".
From the description of Papers, 1932-2002, undated. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 760187566
