Post Office Mural (destroyed) – Short Hills NJ

City:
Short Hills, NJ

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)

Completed:
1939

Artist:
Ernest Lawson

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

The historic post office in Short Hills, New Jersey housed an example of New Deal artwork: “Short Hills Landscape,” an oil-on-canvas mural painted by Ernest Lawson in 1939. The work, which was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, has unfortunately since been destroyed.

Source notes

www.wpamurals.org/newjersy.htm

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 18, 2015.

Location Info


30 Chatham Road
Short Hills, NJ 07078

Coordinates: 40.724993, -74.324849

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One comment on “Post Office Mural (destroyed) – Short Hills NJ

  1. Gail hann

    I am ernest lawsons great grand daughter.
    Did ernest lawson have any other art works done for the new deal?

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  1. Gail hann

    I am ernest lawsons great grand daughter.
    Did ernest lawson have any other art works done for the new deal?

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