- City:
- Selma, CA
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1938
- Artist:
- Norman Chamberlain
Description
The oil-on-canvas mural “Land of Irrigation,” by Norman Chamberlain, was installed at the Selma Post Office on March 24, 1938. Before beginning the piece, Chamberlain traveled to Selma to get a sense of the local community. Local newspaper editor Lowell Pratt Clark took him for a tour of the surrounding countryside, including a visit to a local peach cannery. The final work reflected the town’s agricultural economy, in particular irrigated peach and grape production. Chamberlain was paid $1500 for the work.
Source notes
https://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ahgilbertson/weeklymiracle.pdf https://www.askart.com/askart/c/norman_stiles_chamberlain/norman_stiles_chamberlain.aspx Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/At this Location:
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