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  • U.S. Courthouse: Labaudt Paintings - Los Angeles CA
    Lucien Labaudt painted two large-scale paintings for what was then the Los Angeles Post Office and Courthouse, "Life on the Old Spanish and American Ranchos" (1939), and "Aerodynamism" (1941). Both were removed when the post office moved out of the building in 1965, but were restored to the courthouse in 1993. "Aerodynamism" is a 256 square foot oil on canvas on the ceiling. It was restored and reinstalled in 1993. The 8' x 14' "Life on the Old Spanish and American Ranchos" is in the Spring Street lobby. It was restored and reinstalled in 1993. The informational plaque for the painting describes...
  • U.S. Courthouse: Lion Sculptures - Los Angeles CA
    These cast stone eagle facades decorating the outside of the courthouse were carved by Henry Lion in 1938 with support from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
  • U.S. Custom House Murals - Philadelphia PA
    The custom house contains a series of 31 murals painted by George Harding in 1938. They were funded by the Treasury Section's Section of Fine Arts program and depict the "Custom House and Court Activities" and "Various Port Activities in Philadelphia." "The interior was the result of an extraordinary collaboration among Brandywine School artist George Harding, architect Howell Lewis Shay, and Philadelphia Museum of Art director Fiske Kimball (who recommended Harding). Harding's significant mural program consists of a series of 31 separate panels in the vestibule, elevator lobby, and rotunda area. The selection of ornamental motifs, based entirely on nautical...
  • U.S. Post Office and Courthouse: Cook Mural - Pittsburgh PA
    The fresco "Steel Industry" by Howard Norton Cook is located in Pittsburgh's historic U.S. Courthouse and Post Office. It was sponsored by the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. The work was installed in the building in 1936. Its size is 10'6" x 17'5".
  • U.S. Post Office and Courthouse: McLeary Mural - Pittsburgh PA
    The mural "Modern Justice," located at Pittsburgh's historic U.S. Courthouse and Post Office, was sponsored by the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts. The work was painted by Kindred McLeary in 1937. However, the work has since been painted over.
  • U.S. Post Office and Courthouse: Van Veen Mural - Pittsburgh PA
    The oil-on-canvas mural "Pittsburgh Panorama" by Stuyvesant Van Veen is located in Pittsburgh's historic U.S. Courthouse and Post Office. It was sponsored by the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts in 1937.
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Auchiah Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC by some of the finest American artists of the time. Kiowa artist James Auchiah studied mural painting with Olle Nordmark in Oklahoma before coming to Washington.  Auchiah painted a large (8' x 50'), oil-on-rough-plaster lunette, "Harvest Dance", on the west wall of the main cafeteria in the basement. It was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.   "Auchiah's mural, 'Harvest Dance,' is an example of pure design and centers on a scene of Indians around a campfire with their tipis...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Bouché Mural - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC, by some of the finest American artists of the time.  In 1938, Louis Bouché won a competition held by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts to paint a backdrop for the Department auditorium.  He produced a giant triptych called "Conservation - Western Lands and Symbols of the Interior Department."  It is almost 12 feet high; the central section is 15 feet wide and the two side panels are over 4 feet wide. It was removed in 1971 for many years...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Britton Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC, by some of the finest American artists of the time. Edgar Britton painted "Petroleum Industry: Production" and "Petroleum Industry: Distribution and Use" in 1939, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. These frescoes to recognize the Petroleum Division of the Bureau of Mines are hung in the 4th floor main corridor, north of the elevator lobby. The Department of Interior Museum offers regular mural tours; check their website for information and registration.  For more information on the Interior building,...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Cikovsky Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC by some of the finest American artists of the time. In 1938, Nicolai Cikovsky painted four murals commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts: "Apples," "Gathering Dates," "Desert" and "Irrigation."   They can be found on the 2d floor in the main corridor, south of the Grand Staircase. The Department of Interior Museum offers regular mural tours; check their website for information and registration.  For more information on the Interior building, its art and the artists, see Look and Perrault...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Crumbo Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC, by some of the finest American artists of the time.  From 1939 to 1941, Woodrow Wilson Crumbo of the Creek-Potawatomie Tribe in Oklahoma and other Indian artists were invited to Washington to study mural painting with Olle Nordmark and then create murals in the Interior building. Crumbo painted several murals concerning Potawatomie life in inner room of the South Penthouse on the 8th floor (the former Employees' Break Room).  They are: "Buffalo Hunt", "Wild Horses", "Deer", "Courting", "Flute Player", "Peyote Bird." The Department of Interior...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Curry Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC, by some of the finest American artists of the time.  John Steuart Curry painted “The Rush for the Oklahoma Land – 1889” (not 1894 as it says in the bronze plaque) and "The Homesteading and the Building of Barbed Wire Fences" in 1937-39. They were commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and painted to honor the General Land Office and Grazing Service, precursors to today's Bureau of Land Management, and hang on the 5th floor main corridor,...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Fiene Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC by some of the finest American artists of the time. In 1938, Ernest Fiene painted a set of four oil-on-canvas murals depicting the land management functions of the Department of Interior, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.  They are: "Winter Roundup," "Placer Mining," "Replanting Wasteland" and "Fighting Forest Fire."   They are installed on the Second Floor main corridor, north of the Grand Staircase. The Department of Interior Museum offers regular mural tours; check their website for information and registration. For...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Gilbertson Reliefs - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC, by some of the finest American artists of the time.  Boris Gilbertson created two bas-reliefs for the building, titled "American Bison" and "American Moose," 1937-1939, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.  They hang in the first floor corridor just north of the main lobby. The Department of Interior Museum offers regular mural tours; check their website for information and registration.  For more information on the Interior building, its art and the artists, see Look and Perrault 1986 (below...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Glickman and Slobodkin Sculptures - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC, by some of the finest American artists of the time.  Two statues in exterior Court EE, outside the cafeteria, are by Maurice Glickman, "Negro Mother and Child," and Louis Slobodkin, "Abe Lincoln".  Both are in bronze with a black serpentine base and stand around 10 feet tall, including the base. Both are done in an Art Deco style. The statues were commissioned under the Public Works of Art Project and installed by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1940. The...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Gropper Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC by some of the finest American artists of the time. William Gropper painted an enormous, 3-panel oil-on-canvas mural, entitled "Construction of a Dam".  It was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts c 1936-37 and installed in 1940. The mural, which honors the work of the Bureau of Reclamation, hangs on the 2d floor across the south end of the main corridor.   Gropper was a left-leaning artist who celebrated the workers building the dam and in the rightmost panel...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Herrera Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC by some of the finest American artists of the time. From 1939 to 1941, several Indian artists were invited by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts to study with Olle Nordmark and then paint murals in the Interior building. In 1940, Velino Herrera from the Zia Pueblo in New Mexico painted a set of murals called "Pueblo Life" in what is now the South Penthouse on the 8th floor (formerly the Employees' Break Room). On the East Wall are "Buffalo...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Houser Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC, by some of the finest American artists of the time. From 1939 to 1941, Allan Capron Houser and other Indian artists were invited by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts to study mural painting with Olle Nordmark and then paint murals in the Interior building.  Houser was from the Fort Sill Apache Tribe in Oklahoma. In the South Penthouse on the 8th floor (the former Employees' Break Room), Houser painted three large murals on "Apache Scenes" in 1940: "Singing Love Songs,"...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: McCosh Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC, by some of the finest American artists of the time.  David McCosh painted two murals for  the National Park Service, both created in 1940 with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, entitled, “Themes of the National Parks.”  One is dominated by a vista of Yosemite with smaller scenes of Carlsbad Caverns, Devils Tower, Crater Lake, and Yellowstone. The other features Bryce Canyon with smaller scenes of Olympic, Sequoia, Mesa Verde, Death Valley, and Rainbow Bridge. They can be found...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Mopope Mural - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC by some of the finest American artists of the time. Several Indian artists were invited to Washington in 1939-41 to study mural art and paint murals for the Interior Building. Kiowa artist Stephen Mopope painted "Ceremonial Dance (Indian Theme)" in 1939, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.  It is a large (6' x 50') oil-on-plaster lunette on the east wall of the main cafeteria in the basement. The Department of Interior Museum offers regular mural tours; check their website...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Nailor Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC by some of the finest American artists of the time. From 1939 to 1941, Gerald Nailor, a Navajo, and other Indian artists were invited by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts to Washington to study with Olaf Normandy and then paint murals in the Interior building.   In the South Penthouse (8th floor), Nailor painted three large murals called "Navajo Scenes" in 1940: "Preparing Yarn For Weaving" (West Wall), "The Hunting Ground" (South Wall on both side of entry door)...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Newell Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC by some of the finest American artists of the time. James Michael Newell painted two murals, "Insular Possession: Virgin Islands" and "Insular Possession: Alaska," in 1939, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.  They depict the work of the Office of Insular Affairs, one of many agencies within the Department of Interior, and hang on the 6th floor north of the elevator lobby. The Department of Interior Museum offers regular mural tours; check their website for information and registration.  For...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Poor Mural - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC by some of the finest American artists of the time. The Department of Interior Museum organizes tours by prior arrangement.  Henry Varnum Poor painted "Conservation of American Wildlife" in 1939, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.  This enormous fresco, covering an entire end wall at the north end of the 3d floor corridor,  acknowledges the work of the Bureau of Biological Survey and Bureau of Fisheries (reorganized into the US Fish and Wildlife Service in 1940)....
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Sheets Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC by some of the finest American artists of the time.  Millard Sheets produced a four-panel, oil-on-canvas mural, “The Negro’s Contribution in the Social and Cultural Development of America”, featuring The Arts, Education, Science and Religion. This imposing set of murals was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1939 but not installed until 1948, owing to disagreements over the original subject matter. While Sheets was white, he sought to express "my high regard and feeling for the...
  • Udall Department of the Interior Building: Warneke and Stackpole Reliefs - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC, by some of the finest American artists of the time.  Two large bas-relief panels are mounted on either side of the stage of the auditorium, one by Heinz Warneke and one by Ralph Stackpole.  Warneke's was commissioned in 1937 by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts and installed in 1939; Stockpole's was commissioned in 1938 and installed in 1940.   The panels are 10' high by 4' wide.  Warneke's is cast stone and Stockpole's is Indiana limestone.  Heinz Warneke treats...
  • Udall Department of the Interior: Beal Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC, by some of the finest American artists of the time.  Gifford Beal painted "Tropical Country" and "North Country" in 1941 with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. They hang on the 5th floor, south of the elevator lobby. The Department of Interior Museum offers regular mural tours; check their website for information and registration.  For more information on the Interior building, its art and the artists, see Look and Perrault 1986 (below – available online). Artworks begin on p. 110.  
  • Udall Department of the Interior: Dixon Murals - Washington DC
    The Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior building contains one of the largest collections of New Deal art in Washington DC, by some of the finest American artists of the time.  Maynard Dixon painted "Themes of the Bureau of Indian Affairs: Indian and Soldier" and "Themes of the Bureau of Indian Affairs: Indian and Teacher" in 1939 with funding from the Section of Fine Arts.  Created to honor the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the murals hang in the 4th floor south lobby. The Department of Interior Museum offers regular mural tours; check their website for information and registration.  For more information on the...
  • University City Station Post Office Mural - St. Louis MO
    The mural "The Louisiana Purchase Exposition" was painted by Trew Hocker. The New Deal artwork was installed in the lobby of St. Louis's University City Station post office and is still visible today.
  • University Station Post Office Murals - Seattle WA
    Multiple Section of Fine Arts murals hang in Seattle's University Station post office. The murals by Jacob Elshin were painted in 1939 and are entitled Historical Review of Education and Present Day Education and Present Day Education. The murals are in their original location, but what used to be the post office lobby is now work space/storage and is not generally accessible to the public. "Born in Russia in 1892, Elshin moved to Seattle in 1923. He also painted a mural for the Renton Post Office and a WPA Federal Art Project Mural located in West Seattle High School. His University...
  • Upper Marlboro Library: Jamieson Mural - Upper Marlboro MD
    Mitchell Jamieson painted the mural “Tobacco Cutters” in 1938 for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts to hang in the former Upper Marlboro post office. The building is now the Upper Marlboro branch of the Prince George's County public library.  The mural is located over the circulation desk.
  • Vallejo Music Theater Tile Mural - Vallejo CA
    This 1934 25' x 6' glazed ceramic tile mural by Earl Barnett still hangs in the old post office lobby, now the Vallejo Music Theater. The mural is entitled "Festival Following Completion of New Sectional Docks, Mare Island 1855."
  • Vidalia City Hall Mural - Vidalia GA
    "The Country Store and Post Office" by Daniel Celentano was created with Treasury Section of Fine Arts funding. During renovations at the old post office building, the middle section of the mural was destroyed. The City restored the mural as two separate "murals." In the mural to the right, the arm of a figure in the destroyed middle section can be seen.  
  • Village Hall (Old Post Office) Murals - Wappingers Falls NY
    The old post office, now village hall contains two Section of Fine Arts murals by Henry Billings: "The two Wappinger Falls murals are located in the Town Hall, a Dutchess County Historical site, and formerly the town's post office. The paintings by Henry Billings show two views of the town's waterfall at different points in time. The building itself is walking distance from the actual waterfall... The murals are painted on chestnut panels and fill the triangular space where the ceiling of the building is pitched. The two views, one from 1780 and the other from 1880, face each other from opposite...
  • Wakefield Station Post Office Mural - Bronx NY
    The Wakefield Station post office in the Bronx, New York contains a 1942 Section of Fine Arts entitled “Washington and the Battle of the Bronx” painted by Irving A. Block and Abraham Lishinsky.
  • Wayne Aspinall Federal Building Mural - Grand Junction CO
    Crescent shaped oil on canvas, 5' x 7'9". " The Harvest", by Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901-1980), portrays a young man and woman working together harvesting peaches provided by the rich Colorado soil. A water/paddle wheel in the background represents modern irrigation which made the abundant harvest possible. The mural also depicts the Ute Indians leaving the valley on the right side and the white settlers pushing them out from the left. By 1973, the mural was in need of a cleaning. It was shipped to Washington DC for restoration and subsequently forgotten. Until 1991, its whereabouts were unknown. The building manager...
  • Wayne State University Student Center Mural - Detroit MI
    The oil-on-canvas mural "Automobile Industry" by William Gropper was funded by the Section of Fine Arts in 1941. It was originally installed in Detroit's Northwestern Branch post office, but has since been relocated to the Wayne State University Student Center.
  • West Scranton Post Office Mural - Scranton PA
    The oil-on-canvas mural "Nature’s Storehouse," which hangs in the lobby of the West Scranton Branch post office, was completed in 1941. The work, which was painted by Herman Maril, was undertaken using Treasury Department Section of Fine Arts funding.
  • Westbrook Post Office (former) Mural - Portland ME
    The former post office building in Westbrook, Maine was constructed during the Great Depression and received an example of New Deal artwork: "Woodsmen in the Woods of Maine". The oil-on-canvas mural was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, and completed by Waldo Peirce in 1937. When the post office was decommissioned and parts of the interior were being removed, the "whole wall section, with door, was donated (lent) to the Portland Museum of Art," where the work is still visible.
  • Westville Station Post Office Mural - New Haven CT
    Section of Fine Arts mural entitled "Pursuit of the Regicides" painted in 1939 by Karl Anderson.
  • William H. Natcher U.S. Courthouse Mural - Bowling Green KY
    Edward Laning painted the mural "The Long Hunters Discover Daniel Boone" for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1942. It is viewable in the William H. Natcher U.S. Courthouse lobby.
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