Simka Simkovitch Archives - Living New Deal

James O. Eastland Federal Building (former) Mural – Jackson MS

Now privately owned, the James O. Eastland federal post office and courthouse was constructed in 1933-34. The building contains a controversial New Deal mural painted in 1938 by Simka Simkovitch titled “Pursuit of Life in Mississippi.” After being covered up… read more

Post Office Murals – Beaufort NC

Simka Simkhovitch painted four oil-on-canvas murals for the Beaufort, North Carolina post office: “Crissy Wright,” “Goose Decoys,” “Mail to Cape Lookout,” and “Sand Ponies”. They were installed in the lobby of the post office in 1940.