▁other ▁notable ▁Cleveland ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁El mer ▁Brown ▁and ▁Hugh ie - Le e ▁Smith . ▁ ▁Lee - Smith ▁and ▁S all ée ▁joined ▁the ▁W PA ▁print making ▁project ▁at ▁Kar am u ▁House ▁with ▁Z ell ▁In gram ▁and ▁Fred ▁Carlo . ▁S all ée ▁and ▁other ▁Kar am u ▁House ▁artists ▁were ▁influenced ▁and ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁several ▁art istic ▁movements . ▁They ▁had ▁mainly ▁subscri bed ▁to ▁real ist ▁American ▁them es , ▁and ▁were ▁inspired ▁by ▁both ▁the ▁American ▁Regional ists ▁and ▁the ▁social ▁real ism ▁of ▁the ▁Mexican ▁M ural ists . ▁S all ée ▁painted ▁W PA ▁mur als , ▁most ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁no ▁longer ▁ext ant . ▁One ▁of ▁S all ée ' s ▁mur als ▁that ▁has ▁since ▁been ▁destroyed ▁was ▁at ▁the ▁Port land ▁O uth wa ite ▁Hom es ; ▁it ▁dep icted ▁the ▁hopes ▁of ▁African - American ▁families ▁migr ating ▁to ▁Cleveland . ▁ ▁S all ée ▁was ▁a ▁pro l ific ▁portrait ist ; ▁however , ▁some ▁critics ▁considered ▁him ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁better ▁draft s man ▁than ▁painter . ▁One ▁of ▁S all ée ' s ▁noted ▁portrait ▁paint ings ▁is ▁Girl ▁with ▁a ▁P ink ▁Ger an ium . ▁The ▁image ▁of ▁the ▁young ▁woman ▁alongside ▁the ▁flower ▁is ▁meant ▁to ▁reflect ▁both ▁their ▁beaut ies . ▁Like ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁pe ers ▁at ▁Kar am u ▁House , ▁S all ée ▁t ended ▁to ▁create ▁em path etic ▁representations ▁of ▁African -