- City:
- Athens, GA
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Artist:
- Andree Ruellan
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
“Spring in Georgia” by artist Andree Ruellan was painted in 1942, with funding from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.
The mural was originally installed in the Lawrenceville, GA post office. It was on traveling exhibit in 2006 in honor of the artist’s 100th birthday. The photo was taken in the Columbus GA Museum of Art.
Medium: oil on canvas
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Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/At this Location:
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Eileen R. Bach
As of December 9, 2019, the clerk of the federal court in Athens said she’s worked there for 12 years and has fielded a “handful” of questions about the mural..but she has never seen the mural amd they have no idea what happened to it.
This mural is located in the R. G. Stephens Jr. Federal Building located at
355 Hancock Avenue in Athens. It is not in the courthouse/post office just down the street.
I saw this mural at the R. G Stephens Federal Building at 355 Hancock Street in Athens GA this afternoon February 9, 2023. The two men who check in visitors said there was no artwork in the building and they knew nothing about the mural even after I showed them an image of “Springtime in Georgia” on my iPhone. My companion pointed to the hallway behind them and said, “There it is,” and it was there in the hallway with an explanatory plaque. No photos are. allowed in federal buildings, so I was unable to take a photo of the lovely mural, well worth a visit. The cleaning woman stopped to chat and she was knowledgeable about the mural, knowing it had been on exhibition elsewhere and knowing about when it had been moved to the Federal Building.