Post Office Mural – Selma CA

City:
Selma, CA

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

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

Started:
1938

Completed:
1938

Artist:
Norman Chamberlain

Description

The oil-on-canvas mural “Land of Irrigation,” by Norman Chamberlain, was installed at the Selma Post Office on March 24, 1938. Before beginning the piece, Chamberlain traveled to Selma to get a sense of the local community. Local newspaper editor Lowell Pratt Clark took him for a tour of the surrounding countryside, including a visit to a local peach cannery. The final work reflected the town’s agricultural economy, in particular irrigated peach and grape production. Chamberlain was paid $1500 for the work.

Source notes

https://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ahgilbertson/weeklymiracle.pdf https://www.askart.com/askart/c/norman_stiles_chamberlain/norman_stiles_chamberlain.aspx Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/

Location Info


2058 High Street
Selma, CA 93662

Location notes: Lobby

Coordinates: 36.56939, -119.61267

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Site Details

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