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Artist: Fletcher Martin

Boundary County Courthouse Friezes – Bonners Ferry ID

The Boundary County Courthouse is the site of three friezes, all created by Fletcher Martin in 1940 for the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) and viewable on the front of the courthouse. They are officially untitled but are known… read more

Project type: Art Works
Agency: Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Post Office (former) Mural – Lamesa TX

Artist Fletcher Martin painted this Section of Fine Arts oil-on-canvas mural “The Horse Breakers” in 1940 for the Lamesa post office. The post office has since moved, but the mural remains in its original location in what is now a… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA), Treasury Department

Post Office Mural – Kellogg ID

Discovery

This oil on canvas mural by Fletcher Martin entitled “Discovery” was painted for the Kellogg post office in 1941. It was one of the winners of the 48-State post office mural competition. “The original mural, depicting 2 miners carrying another… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)

Post Office Mural – San Pedro CA

San Pedro PO "Mail Transportation"

“The mural Mail Transportation was painted by Fletcher Martin. Martin was a self-taught artist, and he won the commission to paint the murals among seventy-seven artists. By the age of twelve he was working as a printer. He dropped out… read more

Project type: Art Works, Civic Facilities, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)

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