- City:
- New Ulm, MN
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP)
- Completed:
- 1939
- Artist:
- John Martin Socha
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In March 1939, the school received notification that the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) had awarded a grant that would pay for three murals for the school’s new auditorium. John Martin Socha was chosen as the artist. The selected scenes, drawn from regional history, included the treaty of Traverse de Sioux, the battle of New Ulm, and a third mural depicting the “progress of industry in New Ulm.” The New Ulm murals reflect the influence of Diego Rivera, whom Socha studied under in Mexico.
Source notes
National Register of Historic Places Nomination, Daniel J. Hoisington, Hoisington Preservation Consultants https://www.mnhs.org/shpo/nrhp/images/0088_newulmhighschool/Site originally submitted by Katherine Scott on May 1, 2015.
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Kevin Hoffmann
Daniel W Shogren
Do I need permission to use photos of the WPA murals in the New Ulm High School auditorium in a book, an if so how do I obtain permission? The book is a translation from German to English of a dramatized love story set during the Sioux uprising.
Where would I find more information on the murals or studies Socha did in the 1930’s ? I see the ones at New Ulm, U of M Crookston and Winona State but are there others out there? Is there any of his family left in Minnesota?