Post Office Relief – Struthers OH

City:
Struthers, OH

Site Type:
Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief

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

Completed:
1940

Artist:
W. Bimel Kehm

Description

The historic post office building in Orrville, Ohio houses an example of New Deal artwork: the plaster bas relief “Citizens” by W. Bimel Kehm. The work, completed in 1940, was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

Source notes

Sharon E. Dean and Karal Ann Marling, Covering History: Revisiting Federal Art in Cleveland, 1933-43. The Cleveland Public Library and the Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2006. (Quote: pp. 24-25).

https://www.wpamurals.org/ohio.htm

Site originally submitted by The Living New Deal on June 18, 2013.
Additional contributions by Andrew Gallentine.

Location Info


195 S. Bridge St.
Struthers, OH 44471

Coordinates: 41.055476, -80.58901

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