- City:
- Wadsworth, OH
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Artist:
- F. Thornton Martin
Description
Wadsworth, Ohio’s City Hall houses one of many examples of New Deal artwork commissioned for northeastern Ohio post offices. The mural “They Came as Wadsworth’s First Settlers after the War of 1812,” by F. Thornton Martin, was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts for what was then the Wadsworth post office. The painting is currently on the ground floor of the City Hall chambers.
Source notes
Sharon E. Dean and Karal Ann Marling, Covering History: Revisiting Federal Art in Cleveland, 1933-43. The Cleveland Public Library and the Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2006. (Quote: pp. 24-25).Site originally submitted by Joey Harrison on June 19, 2013.
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Gabriel Milner
Tom Forman
The painting is in the City Hall chambers on the ground floor. You may have to get permission to get into the room.
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I have a painting by the same artist dated 1941. It appears to be Marco Polo visiting China. If anyone knows more about this artist, please let me know. There is a “F Martin Thornton” in Wikipedia listed as a film director