Maynard Dixon "Indian and Soldier" Dept of Interior - Washington DC
Description
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 Interior building, its art and the artists, see Look and Perrault 1986 (below – available online). Artworks begin on p. 110.
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Maynard Dixon "Indian and Teacher", Dept of Interior - Washington DC
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Maynard Dixon "Indian and Teacher", Dept of Interior - Washington DC
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Plaque for Dixon's "Themes of the Bureau of Indian Affairs" murals, Dept of Interior - Washington DC
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Maynard Dixon "Indian and Soldier" Dept of Interior - Washington DC
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Maynard Dixon "Indian and Teacher", Dept of Interior - Washington DC
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Maynard Dixon "Indian and Teacher", Dept of Interior - Washington DC
Source notes
Look, David and Carole Perrault. The Interior Building: Its Architecture and Its Art. Washington DC: US Department of Interior, National Park Service, 1986. pp. 110-172. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015029850214&view=1up&seq=1
Project originally submitted by New Deal Art Registry on February 26, 2015.
Additional contributions by Richard A Walker.
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