Post Office Mural – Hutchinson KS
Date added: December 30, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
“Threshing in Kansas” painted by Lumen Martin Winter in 1942. “Threshing in Kansas” Medium: oil on canvas
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“Threshing in Kansas” painted by Lumen Martin Winter in 1942. “Threshing in Kansas” Medium: oil on canvas
Date added: December 30, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
This mural entitled “On the River” by Edmund D. Lewandowski was painted in 1941. It was one of the 48-State post office mural competition winners. The title for this mural is mistakenly listed as “Threshing Grain” in several sources. It… read more
Date added: December 29, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
“Southern Pines Idyll” Medium: oil on canvas
Date added: December 29, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
The mural “The Louisiana Purchase Exposition” was painted by Trew Hocker. The New Deal artwork was installed in the lobby of St. Louis’s University City Station post office and is still visible today.
Date added: December 28, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
“Limestone Quarry Workers” Moved to this location in 1989 Medium: terra cotta
Date added: December 29, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
“Transition” Medium: cast stone
Date added: December 29, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
“Kiln Room, Cement Plant” Medium: oil on canvas
Date added: December 26, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
Henry Bernstein completed this tempera-on-plaster mural, entitled “The Covered Bridge,” in 1941 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Mt. Sterling post office lobby.
Date added: December 28, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
The post office contains three plaster bas reliefs by Moissaye Marans, created under the auspices of the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1941. The reliefs are called “Transfer of Skill,” “Education,” and “Barnyard.”
Date added: December 25, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
Marion Sanford completed this plaster bas relief, entitled “Weighing Cotton,” in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in what was originally the Winder post office. It is viewable in the Exhibit Room of the Barrow… read more
Date added: December 26, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
Rainey Bennett completed this oil-on-canvas mural, entitled “Hart Fellows, Builder of Rushville,” in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Rushville post office lobby.
Date added: December 23, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
Elsa Jemne painted this egg-tempera-on-plaster fresco, entitled “The Hutchinson Singers,” in 1942 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Hutchinson post office lobby.
Date added: December 23, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
Margaret Martin painted this oil-on-canvas mural, entitled “Indian Hunters and Rice Gatherers,” in 1940 with funds provided by the federal government. It is viewable in the St. James post office lobby. “Margaret Martin’s mural proposal for the St. James,… read more
Date added: December 23, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
Doris Lee completed this oil-on-canvas mural, entitled “Georgia Countryside,” in 1939 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the Summerville post office lobby. “Shortly after winning the Logan Prize for her painting… read more
Date added: December 22, 2014; Modified: January 18, 2015
Richard Jansen painted this oil on canvas mural, entitled “Threshing Wheat,” in 1942 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the post office lobby.