Edmund D. Lewandowski Sites

The 5' x 14' tempera-on-canvas mural entitled "Hog Raising," located in the historic Caledonia post office, was completed by Edmund Lewandowski (1914-1998) in 1942 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It depicts a farm scene of three men shoveling corn to pigs. Caledonia postmaster Charles Dorival suggested that the mural depict some kind of farm scene, believing that it represented, in the words of a contemporaneous article in the local paper, The Argus, "the most general activity of farmers engaged in hog raising in this area. Colors dominant in the mural are of a green and yellow quality and were selected...

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 is thought that an initial sketch was of a threshing grain scene. Medium: oil on canvas

The historic Stoughton, Wisconsin post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: an oil-on-canvas mural entitled "Air Mail Service," painted by Edmund D. Lewandowski in 1940. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.