Post Office Mural - East Alton IL The post office contains a Section of Fine Arts mural "The Letter" painted by Frances Foy in 1936.
Two elderly women meet at the front gate of a house with surrounding flowers,
reading a letter, sharing the time. Park and Markowitz noted that she often portrayed women at the center of the work and used delicate colors and forms. As with the nearby Wood River work, this is more of a large easel work rather than a large mural, though the subject matter lends itself well to this scale.
Frances Foy was born in Chicago and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago...