- City:
- Oswego, KS
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Completed:
- 1940
- Artist:
- Robert E. Larter
Description
The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural “Farm Life” painted by Robert E. Larter in 1940.
This depicts 2 seasons of farm work with the man on the left chopping wood with a hat and coat, the man on the right feeding hogs, though the trees in the background have no leaves.
Robert Larter studied at Choate School and Yale University school of Fine Arts. He taught art at Washburn, University from 1938. There is another mural by Larter in Philadelphia.
Source notes
https://www.wpamurals.org/kansas.htm Park and Markowitz, Democratic Vistas, Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal, 1984. newdealartregistry.orgSite originally submitted by Charles Swaney on August 20, 2012.
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