New Deal/WPA Art in Georgia
Post Office New Deal Artwork
Most of the Post Office works of art were funded through commissions under the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture (later known as The Section of Fine Arts) and not the WPA.
"Often mistaken for WPA art, post office murals were actually executed by artists working for the Section of Fine Arts. Commonly known as "the Section," it was established in 1934 and administered by the Procurement Division of the Treasury Department. Headed by Edward Bruce, a former lawyer, businessman, and artist, the Section's main function was to select art of high quality to decorate public buildings if the funding was available. By providing decoration in public buildings, the art was made accessible to all people." from "Articles from EnRoute : Off The Wall: New Deal Post Office Murals" by Patricia Raynor
Unless indicated, works of art are located in the US Post Office building.
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Location |
Artist |
Title |
Date |
Medium |
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Alice Flint |
"Plantation Scene" |
1941 |
oil on canvas |
|
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Maurice Glickman |
"Southern Farm Life" |
1947 |
sculpture |
|
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William Dean Fausett |
"The British Come to See Augusta" |
1939 |
tempera on gesso |
|
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Daniel Putnam Brinley |
"The Land Is Bought from the Indians" |
1938 |
oil on canvas |
|
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Paul L. Gill |
"Products of Grady County" |
1938 |
oil on canvas |
|
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Laura G. Douglas |
"Theme of the South" |
1942 |
oil on canvas |
|
Cochran |
Ilse Erythropel |
"The Little Farmer" |
1940 |
glazed terra-cotta relief |
|
College Park |
Jack McMillen |
"Arrival of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad" |
1938 |
oil on canvas |
|
|
Philip Guston |
"Early Mail Service and the Construction of Railroads" |
1938 |
tempera |
|
Conyers |
Elizabeth Terrell |
"The Ploughman" |
1940 |
mural |
|
|
Charles Trumbo Henry |
"Northern Georgia" |
1939 |
oil on canvas |
|
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Carlo Ciampaglia |
"Last Indian Troubles in Randolph County - 1836" |
1939 |
oil on canvas |
|
Decatur |
Paul Rohland |
"Dogwood and Azaleas" |
1938 |
mural |
|
Eastman |
Arthur E. Schmalz |
"Georgia Lumberman Receiving Mail by Star Route Wagon" |
1938 |
oil on canvas |
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Gainesville |
Daniel Boza |
"Morgan Raiders" |
1936 |
oil on canvas |
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Greensboro |
Carson Davenport |
"The Burning of Greensborough" and "Cotton Picking in Georgia" |
1939 |
oil on canvas |
|
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Orlin E. Clayton |
"A Letter" |
1939 |
mural |
|
Jackson |
Philip Evergood |
"Cotton - From Field to Mill" |
1940 |
oil on canvas |
|
|
David Hutchison |
"General Oglethorpe Concludes a Treaty of Amity and Peace with the Creek Indians - May 18, 1733" |
1938 |
mural |
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Lawrenceville, |
Andree Ruellan |
"Spring in Georgia" |
1942 |
mural |
|
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Abraham Harriton |
"Plantation, Transportation, Education" |
1941 |
oil on canvas |
|
Lyons |
Albino Manca |
"Wild Duck and Deer" |
1942 |
terra-cotta relief |
|
|
Jean Charlot |
"Cotton Gin Mill" |
1941 |
oil on canvas |
|
McRae |
Oliver M. Baker |
"Turpentine and Cotton" |
1939 |
oil on canvas |
|
|
Erwin Springweiler |
"Game Bird Hunt" |
1941 |
mahogany relief |
|
Monticello, |
Beata Beach Porter |
"Early Monticello" |
1938 |
oil on canvas |
|
Pelham |
Georgina Klitgaard |
"Pelham Landscape" |
1941 |
oil on canvas |
|
Rockmart |
Reuben Gambrell |
"Kiln Room, Cement Plant" |
1941 |
oil on canvas |
|
Rome |
Peter Blume |
"The Two Rivers" |
1943 |
oil on canvas |
|
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Doris Lee |
"Georgia Countryside" |
1939 |
mural |
|
Swainsboro |
Edna Reindel |
"Experimenting with the First Model of the Cotton Gin" |
1939 |
oil on canvas |
|
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Caroline S. Rohland |
"Spring" |
1941 |
oil on canvas |
|
Sylvester |
Chester J. Tingler |
"Cantaloupe Industry" |
1939 |
oil on canvas |
|
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Daniel Celentano |
"The Country Store and Post Office" |
1938 |
oil on canvas |
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Warrenton, |
Arnold Friedman |
"Environs of Warrentown" |
1940 |
oil on canvas |
|
Winder |
Marion Sanford |
"Weighing Cotton" |
1939 |
plaster |
|
Wrightsville |
Earl N. Thorp |
"Transition" |
1940 |
cast stone relief |
All mural images depicted
on this site are used with permission
of the United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Source:
Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
by Marlene Park & Gerald E. Markowitz
*information courtesy of Jimmy Emerson
Pine Mountain Valley - a New Deal Resettlement Project - 1934
© 2006 Nancy Lorance
All Rights Reserved.