- City:
- Angola, NY
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Artist:
- Leopold F. Scholz
Description
The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts stone relief by Leopold F. Scholz:
“”A Pioneer Woman’s Bravery,” a cast stone relief, 2′ 7″ x 6′ 2 1/2″ was sculpted by Leopold F. Scholz in 1940. Scholz (1877-1946) emigrated from Austria in 1916, having attended the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. In this scene, a pioneer woman, standing near a body of water, is using a boat hook to fend off an attack by bears while her four children hide behind her. His choice of a heroic woman pioneer was not uncommon in the post office art, which often focused on early American history of the region being depicted by the artist.
Scholz was paid $700 for this work, one of the few examples of local post office art in a medium other than painting. Scholz also was awarded the commission for the Chattanooga post office (1938), for which he completed “The Mail Carrier” in cast aluminum.”
(https://wnyheritagepress.org)
Source notes
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