Post Office Mural – Hart MI

City:
Hart, MI

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP), Arts Programs

Completed:
1940

Artist:
Ruth Grotenrath

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

In 1940, Ruth Grotenrath painted this lush scene, highlighting the local dairy cows and horses, through the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP).

Source notes

Marlene Park and Gerald Markowitz, "Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal" (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1984)

Site originally submitted by Charles Swaney on June 20, 2017.

Location Info

135 S. State St.
Hart , MI 49420
Oceana County

Coordinates: 43.701081, -86.363911

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