- 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.htmSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 18, 2015.
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I am ernest lawsons great grand daughter.
Did ernest lawson have any other art works done for the new deal?