Editing 1930s (section)

===Visual arts===
{{See also|Social Realism|History of painting}}

[[Social realism]] became an important [[art movement]] during the [[Great Depression]] in the United States in the 1930s. Social realism generally portrayed imagery with socio-political meaning. Other related American artistic movements of the 1930s were [[American scene painting]] and [[Regionalism (art)|Regionalism]] which were generally depictions of rural America, and historical images drawn from American history. [[Precisionism]] with its depictions of industrial America was also a popular art movement during the 1930s in the USA. During the Great Depression the art of [[photography]] played an important role in the Social Realist movement. The work of [[Dorothea Lange]], [[Walker Evans]], [[Margaret Bourke-White]], [[Lewis Hine]], [[Edward Steichen]], [[Gordon Parks]], [[Arthur Rothstein]], [[Marion Post Wolcott]], [[Doris Ulmann]], [[Berenice Abbott]], [[Aaron Siskind]], [[Russell Lee (photographer)|Russell Lee]], [[Ben Shahn]] (as a photographer) among several others were particularly influential.

The [[Works Progress Administration]] part of the [[Franklin D. Roosevelt Administration|Roosevelt Administration]]'s [[New Deal]] sponsored the [[Federal Art Project]], the [[Public Works of Art Project]], and the [[Section of Painting and Sculpture]] which employed many American artists and helped them to make a living during the [[Great Depression]].

[[Mexican muralism]] was a [[Mexican art]] movement that took place primarily in the 1930s. The movement stands out historically because of its political undertones, the majority of which of a [[Marxist]] nature, or related to a social and political situation of post-revolutionary Mexico. Also in Latin America [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolism]] and [[Magic Realism]] were important movements.

In Europe during the 1930s and the [[Great Depression]], [[Surrealism]], late [[Cubism]], the [[Bauhaus]], [[De Stijl]], [[Dada]], [[German Expressionism]], [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolist]] and [[modernist]] painting in various guises characterized the art scene in Paris and elsewhere.
* The [[1932 Winter Olympics]] were hosted by the village of Lake Placid, New York, United States.
* The [[1932 Summer Olympics]] were hosted by the city of Los Angeles, California, United States.
* The [[1934 FIFA World Cup]] was hosted and won by Italy.
* The [[1936 Winter Olympics]] were hosted by the market town of [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], Bavaria, Germany.
* The [[1936 Summer Olympics]] were hosted by the city of Berlin, Germany. These were the last Summer or Winter Olympic Games held until 1948.
* The [[1938 FIFA World Cup]] was hosted by France and won by Italy. This was the last FIFA World Cup held until 1950.