Olive Rush painted this fresco, entitled “The Library Reaches the People,” in 1934, with funding from the WPA Federal Art Project. Its current location was originally Santa Fe’s public library, and is now part of the Palace of the Governors.
“Cotton Industry and Farming” Medium: fresco “In 1934 Olive Rush, under WPA/FAP, decorated the dome-shaped entrance to the biology building with a fresco. Themes are the history of the development of plant and animal life from earliest beginnings on through… read more
The tempera mural “Antelope” was painted by Olive Rush in 1939. Funded by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts, the work installed in the Florence, Colorado post office lobby in 1939.
The oil-on-canvas mural “Osage Treaties” was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The work was completed by Olive Rush and installed in the historic post office building in Pawhuska, Oklahoma in 1938. The work is still visible… read more
Check out our latest map and guide to the work of the New Deal in Washington, D.C. It includes 500 New Deal sites in the District alone, highlighting 34 notable sites, and includes an inset map of the area around the National Mall which can be used for self-guided walking tours.
Take a look at our previous guides, equally comprehensive, covering key New Deal sites in San Francisco and New York City.
