Completion Year: 1940

This 4' x 4' relief "Early Childhood of Virginia Dare" by Jean de Marco was completed with Section of Fine Arts funds in 1940.

"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.

This New Deal post office in Longview was built in 1940 with Treasury Department funds.

This plaster relief entitled "Cattle, Oil, Wheat" by Allie Tennant was completed with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds in 1940.

The Tazewell post office contains two murals by William H. Calfee completed in 1940 with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funds.

The New Rockford, North Dakota post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Advance Guard of the West," which was painted and completed in 1940 by Eduard Buk Ulreich. According to the project's contract (dated Dec. 1, 1939) the artist was to be paid $840 for his efforts. Mr. Ulreich was quoted as saying: "In choosing the subject matter for the New Rockford postoffice mural, it seemed appropriate to portray the Indians from whom the state derived its name. ... I feel that Americans should become more familiar with the beauty and character of the red man ... and it...

In the portico of the Forest Service building are three frescos painted by Peter Hurd in 1940, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. "Yucca" and "Sorghum" measure 4' by 3', and are installed on either side of the larger "Sun and Rain." From Kathryn Flynn's Treasure On New Mexico Trails: In Alamogordo, under the Art-in-Architecture program titled, 'Sun and Rain,' Peter Hurd painted one of New Mexico's most beautiful frescos in 1942, around the entrance to the building. The central part of the fresco is flanked by two smaller frescos, 'Sorghum' and 'Yucca.' The Alamogordo News in 1941 described...

The Woodminster Amphitheater design is Art Deco (Moderne) by Edward Foulkes. This is especially clear in the appearance of the south facade, which looms over the cascade and the rest of the park (though now somewhat shrouded by untrimmed trees).   The capitals of the inward columns have capitals with lion-head reliefs and the two outer flanking columns are topped by human torsos.  Lower down, on the sides of the facade, are two bas-relief panels. The name of the amphitheater is inscribed along the top.  There are also decorative element on the ceiling of the corridor below. The design of the sculptures and...

Charles Nunemaker painted a 6' x 32' oil-on-canvas mural called "Sepia Seascape" for the women's bathroom on the second floor of the visitors center  at the Maritime National Historical Park in San Francisco, California.    The mural was completed in 1940 with Federal Art Project (FAP) funds.   The San Francisco Aquatic Park was originally created by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), 1936-39.

A huge 14' x 125' glazed tile mural, "Sea Forms," was created by African American sculptor Sargent Johnson in 1939-40 for the bathhouse of the former San Francisco Aquatic Park, built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).  It was funded by the Federal Art Project (FAP). It sits on the bayside balcony/terrace of what is now the visitors center for the National Maritime Historical Park. The mural is partially incomplete because Johnson and other artist's walked off the job in protest against the city's plans to install a private restaurant in a public building.