Post Office Mural - Luverne AL The historic Luverne, Alabama post office houses an example of New Deal artwork: "Cotton Field," a mural commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, painted by Arthur Getz in 1942.
Alabama Moments: "Getz received the commission for Luverne on the basis of designs he had submitted for a competition for the War Department building. As a northern artist he was warned by the Section when he proposed the theme of cotton: "It will be necessary for you to acquaint yourself thoroughly with the appearance of a cotton plant as the individuals using this post office will be especially observant on...