- City:
- East Liverpool, OH
- Site Type:
- Murals, Art Works
- New Deal Agencies:
- Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP), Arts Programs
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Artist:
- Roland Schweinsburg
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1936 Roland Schweinsberg was commissioned by the Treasury Relief Art Project to complete a 15-foot lunette titled “Old Bennett Pottery Plant,” which depicts the 1839 pottery of James Bennett, East Liverpool’s first commercial potter. In 1937 the painting was installed in the post office building in East Liverpool, which now houses the Museum of Ceramics. The painting remains on public display and hangs above the door to the museum’s archives and library.
Source notes
http://www.wpamurals.org/eastlive.htm (accessed 7/31/2023)
https://www.themuseumofceramics.com/fortyfaces/schweinsburg (accessed 7/31/2023)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum_of_Ceramics_(East_Liverpool,_Ohio) (accessed 7/31/2023)
"Artist to Start Work on Mural for Post Office" The Evening Review (East Liverpool, Ohio) 19 February 1936 p.6
Site originally submitted by Andrew Gallentine on August 4, 2023.
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