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The List of New Deal murals is a list of murals created in the United States as part of a federally sponsored New Deal ... Mural title Image Artist Date Notes NRHP listed
So great was its scope and cultural impact that the term "WPA" is often mistakenly used to describe all New Deal art, including the U.S. post office murals. [2] [6]: 63–64 "New Deal artwork" is a more accurate term to describe the works of art created under the federal art programs of that period. [7]
Progress of Industry (1934) by Charles W. Ward, at the Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Trenton, New Jersey. United States post office murals are notable examples of New Deal art produced during the years 1934–1943. They were commissioned through a competitive process by the United States Department of the ...
Collectively, the artists of the New Deal produced a vast archive: Murals, including 1,100 post office murals , [6] free-standing and bas relief sculpture, an estimated 30,000 posters, [7] more than 700 books and pamphlets and radio scripts, [8] and architectural details for scores of public buildings, in a style now called WPA Moderne. [9]
The Federal Art Project (1935–1943) of the Works Progress Administration was the largest of the New Deal art projects. [1] As many as 10,000 artists [2] were employed to create murals, easel paintings, sculpture, graphic art, posters, photography, Index of American Design documentation, theatre scenic design, and arts and crafts. [3]
“Mistaken Murals: The Neglected Story of the Nutmeg State’s New Deal Post Office Art.” Connecticut History Review 59, no. 1 (spring 2020): 40-79. Marling, Karal Ann. Wall to Wall America: Post Office Murals in the Great Depression. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1982. Mentzer, Elizabeth. "Made in Montana: Montana's Post ...
Photograph of the regional directors and Washington, D.C., administrative staff of the Public Works of Art Project (1934) Regional map, Public Works of Art Project The vision and advocacy of artists George Biddle and Edward Bruce are credited for the creation and management of the New Deal art programs of the United States Department of the Treasury.
Of the four hundred New Deal murals depicting ... Mural title Image Artist Date ... Dissemination of Education on New Mexico: Lloyd Moylan: 1937 the mural is a ...