- City:
- Canastota, NY
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Artist:
- Alison Mason Kingsbury
Description
Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “The Onion Fields” painted in 1942 by Alison Mason Kingsbury.
“It was a piece that valorized the work of the local onion workers, many of whom where immigrants from Russia, and was aptly titled The Onion Fields. Its subjects, a male and a female farmer, are a clear departure from the artist’s earlier figures, filled out as they were in a stocky body types reminiscent of both Mexican and Soviet art.” (https://rmc.library.cornell.edu)
Source notes
https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/alisonmasonkingsbury/exhibition/onionfields/index.html https://www.wpamurals.org/newyork.htm https://www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/2588689220/in/set-72057594102214674At this Location:
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Caren Giufre Edl
Gabriel Milner
The immigrants in Canastota were mostly Italian, not Russian. I grew up there and my family was one of the many Italian families who grew onions there.
Thank you for passing along this information.