- City:
- Fort Sumner, NM
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), Arts Programs
- Artist:
- Russell Vernon Hunter
Description
Under the auspices of the Public Works of Art Project (and not, as some sources site, the Treasury Section of Fine Arts), Russel Vernon Hunter painted three murals for the De Baca County Courthouse. The murals are on the second floor of the courthouse. Collectively entitled “The Last Frontier,” they depict several scenes from De Baca County’s history.
Source notes
Public Art and Architecture in New Mexico 1933-1943: A Guide to the New Deal Legacy. 2012. Sunstone Press.
"A Contested Art: Modernism and Mestizaje in New Mexico," by Stephanie Lewthwaite
Site Details
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