University of Vermont: Pease Mural – Burlington VT

City:
Burlington, VT

Site Type:
Education and Health, Art Works, Colleges and Universities, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Arts Programs, Public Works of Art Project (PWAP)

Completed:
1934

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Burlington-born artist Raymond Pease was commissioned by the Public Works of Art Program to paint a mural at Perkins Hall at the University of Vermont. The mural was covered with drywall during renovations in 1992. It was rediscovered in 2019 at Perkins Hall and it will be relocated to the Perkins Geology Museum.

Source notes

WCAX, 2019, Hidden WPA-era Murals Uncovered: (https://www.wcax.com/content/news/Hidden-WPA-era-mural-uncovered-behind-wall-at-UVM-510771981.html), accessed June 2019.

Site originally submitted by Eileen Eagan, Devin Colman on June 6, 2019.

Location Info


University of Vermont, Perkins Geology Museum
Burlington, VT

Coordinates: 44.48276449999999, -73.19434810000001

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