Siporin studied at SAIC and with Todros Geller in the 1920s. In his art he frequently focused on the disenfranchised; he was also a political activist and a member of the Chicago John Reed Club. In this print created for the WPA, Siporin depicted a group of three railroad workers, a reflection of his interest in workers’ rights. Siporin was also a noted WPA muralist, painting the mural in Chicago’s Lane Tech High School.
