Post Office Murals - Kemmerer WY The historic post office in Kemmerer, Wyoming houses multiple examples of New Deal artwork: three oil-on-canvas murals painted by Eugene Kingman in 1938. The works, which were commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts, can be viewed in the post office lobby. Their titles are "Cretaceous Landscape," "Tertiary Aquatic Life," and "Excavation," respectively.
Annals of Wyoming:
In July, 1937, the Section invited Eugene Kingman to submit plans for a set of murals to decorate the post office in Kemmerer, Wyoming. The commission was a small one — $660 — and King- man's earlier work, submitted in competition for work at...