Post Office Murals – Red Cloud NE

The post office contains three tempera murals painted by Archie Musick in 1941, titled “Loading Cattle,” “Stockade Builders” and “Moving Westward.”

“Archie Musick, born in Kirksville, Missouri, was a student of Thomas Hart Benton and of Boardman Robinson. In the Red Cloud murals, his elongated forms in motion echo Benton’s style rather than Musick’s. Musick also completed other post office murals in Colorado and Missouri and in his later years, taught in Colorado.

He said that his first two mural commissions were ‘scenic pot-boilers on restaurant walls, (which) were happily destroyed by fire.’ His first important mural was a 5′ x 14′ one in the Colorado City Auditorium sponsored by the Public Works Project.”

(communitydisc.westside66.org)

Post Office Mural – Oregon IL

This tempera-on-plaster mural “The Pioneer and Democracy” by David Cheskin was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.

Post Office Mural – Madill OK

The mural “Prairie Fire” was commissioned by the federal Treasury Section of Fine Arts. The tempera work was completed by Ethel Magafan and installed in the lobby of the historic Madill post office in 1941. It is still visible today.

Post Office Mural – Wellington TX

“Settlers in Collingsworth County” (1940) by Bernard Arnest

The artist wrote that he wanted to “show settlers on the Texas Plains engaged in fundamental activities of opening and using new land: building shelter, sowing, planting.”

Kohn Elementary School Mural – Chicago IL

These two mural panels of “Covered Wagon and Indians,” each 8′ x 28′, were completed by an unknown artist in 1939 with funding from the WPA Federal Art Project.

John Sevier State Office Building Mural – Nashville TN

This mural “The Discovery of Tennessee,” painted by Dean Cornwell, was completed with New Deal funds in 1941.

Post Office Mural – Knoxville IA

The historic post office in Knoxville, Iowa houses an example of New Deal artwork: a Treasury Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Pioneer Group at the Red Rock Line—1845.” The work was completed and installed in the post office lobby in 1941.

Post Office Murals – Altoona PA

The murals “Growth of the Road” and “Pioneers of Altoona” by Lorin Thompson were completed with the help of Treasury Relief Art Projecct funds in 1938.

Post Office mural – Mt. Pleasant TN

This mural, “Early Settlers Entering Mt. Pleasant” was completed with New Deal funds in 1942.

Post Office Mural – Gatesville TX

This 9.5′ x 4.5′ mural “Off to Northern Markers” by Joe De Young was completed with Section of Fine Arts funds in 1939.