• Post Office Mural - Marceline MO
    The mural "Contemporary Life in Missouri" was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts for the then-new Marceline post office. It was completed in 1938. This is a dramatic mural depicting the work in this area of northern Missouri with extensive mining operations shown on the left, smoke billowing from the works, a large slag heap in the far background as well as behind the miners.  Farming is shown in the center and to the right of the mural, though the stumps of corn have a look of devastation.  Harvesting and shocks of corn are shown in the center and...
  • Post Office Mural - Mount Vernon MO
    The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Spring Pastoral" painted by Joseph Meert in 1940. A beautiful spring day outside Mount Vernon with farmers working in a strawberry field, the dairy cows to the left, barn in background and a tractor plowing on the right. In the far background, there is a town, Mount Vernon being the home of a large TB sanitarium. The scene is idyllic and is similar in this regard to other murals from the state. Joseph Meert was born in Brussels, Belgium and immigrated to Kansas City in 1910. He trained at the Kansas...
  • Post Office Mural - Spencer IN
    "Harvesting" is a Section of Fine Arts mural completed by Joseph Meert in 1940 for the Spencer post office. The size of the mural is 14' x 5' and the medium is tempera and oil on canvas.
  • Post Office Mural - Spencer IN
    Harvesting is a post office mural completed by Joseph Meert in 1940. The mural is located in the city of Spencer. The size of the mural is 14' x 5' and the medium is tempera and oil on canvas.