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Marling, Karal A. Wall-to-wall America: A Cultural History of Post-Office Murals in the Great Depression. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1982. Mecklenburg, Virginia M. The Public As Patron: A History of the Treasury Department Mural Program. College Park: University of Maryland, Dept. of Art, 1979.
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 Treasury. Some 1,400 murals were created for federal post office buildings in more than 1,300 U.S. cities. Murals still extant are the subject of ...
February 20, 1992. (1992-02-20) (aged 85) Malvern, Arkansas. Nationality. American. Natalie Smith Henry (January 4, 1907 – February 20, 1992) was an American artist who worked mostly in Chicago. She is best known for her Depression-era post office murals commissioned by the United States Department of the Treasury. [1] [2]
Karl Rudolph Free (May 16, 1903 – February 16, 1947) was an American artist and museum curator, best known for his New Deal-era post office murals.. Many of his surviving works on paper are circus scenes in watercolor.
New Deal artwork is an umbrella term used to describe the creative output organized and funded by the Roosevelt administration 's New Deal response to the Great Depression. [2] This work produced between 1933 and 1942 [2] ranges in content and form from Dorothea Lange 's photographs for the Farm Security Administration to the Coit Tower murals ...
B. Free Franklin Post Office & Museum. Benjamin Franklin was named the first postmaster general of the United States when the U.S. Post Office was formed in 1775 and once lived in the building ...
Dangers of the Mail is a 1937 mural by Frank Mechau installed in the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building (formerly the Post Office Department Building) in Washington, D.C. Commissioned by Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts, the mural is one of 25 New Deal artworks in the building. Dangers of the Mail faced criticism and objections ...
1915-1995. Known for. pastels of the Southern United States. Caroline Speare Rohland (April 15, 1885 – June 12, 1964) was an American artist and muralist who created three post office murals, as part of the art projects for the New Deal 's Section of Painting and Sculpture. In addition to the three murals, Rohland has works in the permanent ...