Post Office Mural – Nashville IL

City:
Nashville, IL

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

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

Completed:
1942

Description

This Section of Fine Arts mural the “Barn Yard” was created by artist Zoltan Sepeshy in 1942. It is a tempera painting on wall board. A recent local article (pictured below) describes the mural:

“The next time you visit the Nashville Post Office to mail a letter or get a stamp, lift up your head and look at the mural on the west wall above the post office boxes…

The local mural, entitled, ‘Barnyard.’ depicts this area’s agricultural heritage. Painted in 1941 by Zoltan Sepeshy, the mural is of significant historical value.”

Source notes

https://www.wpamurals.org/category/illinois/page/7 Local news.

Site originally submitted by Ken Hogshead on October 1, 2013.

Location Info


181 S Kaskaskia St
Nashville, IL 62263

Coordinates: 38.34297201260955, -89.38309

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