Illinois New Deal Art

Illinois Post Office New Deal Art

Most of the post office works of art were funded under the Treasury Department's Section commissions. Those works that were created using TRAP funds are so indicated. Although the WPA funded the construction of post office buildings, the artwork was not WPA but was usually produced under the Section or TRAP programs.

Location	Artist	Title	Date	Medium
Abingdon USPO	H. Arnold Newell	The Post Rider	1941	terra-cotta relief
Berwyn USPO	Richard Haines	The Picnic	1942	oil on canvas
Brookfield USPO	Edouard Chassaing	Means of Mail Transportation	1937	plaster
Bushnell USPO	Reva Jackman	Pioneer Home in Bushnell	1939	oil on canvas
Carlyle USPO	Curt Drewes	Farm	1939	cast stone
Carlyle USPO	Curt Drewes	Dairy Farming	1939	cast stone
Carlyle USPO	Curt Drewes	Fish Hatchery	1939	cast stone
Carmi USPO	Davenport Griffin	Service to the Farmer	1939	oil on canvas
Carthage USPO	Karl Kelpe	Pioneers - Tilling the Soil and Building Log Cabin	1938	mural
Chester USPO	Fay E. Davis	Loading the Packet	1940	tempera
Chicago USPO - Chestnut Street Station	Gustaf Dalstrom	Great Indian Council, Chicago - 1833	1938	oil on canvas
Chicago USPO - Chestnut Street Station	Frances Foy	Advent of 'The Pioneer' - 1851	1938	oil on canvas
Chicago - 5th Army Headquarters llocated on the 4th floor, Downtown Branch - USPO	Charles Turzak	Abstract Symbols of Army		oil on canvas (each 10' x 64')
Chicago USPO - Kedzie/Grace Branch	Peterpaul Ott	Mercury	1938	aluminum
Chicago USPO - Lakeview Branch	Harry Sternberg	Chicago - the Epoch of a Great City	1938	oil on canvas
Chicago USPO - Logan Square Branch	Hildreth Meiere	The Post	1937	metal
Chicago USPO - Morgan Park Branch	J. Theodore Johnson	Father Marquette - 1674	1937	oil on canvas
Chicago USPO - Uptown Branch	Henry Varnum Poor	Carl Sandburg and Louis Sullivan	1943	ceramic tile
Chillicothe USPO	Arthur H. Lidov	Rail Roading	1942	egg tempera on gesso
Clinton USPO	Aaron Bohrod	Clinton in Winter	1939	oil on canvas
Decatur USPO	Edward Millman	Early Pioneers	1938	fresco
Decatur USPO	Edward Millman	Social Consciousness	1938	fresco
Decatur USPO	Edward Millman	Growth of Democracy in Illinois	1938	fresco
Decatur USPO	Mitchell Siporin	Fusion of Agriculture & Industry in Illinois	1938	fresco
Decatur USPO	Edgar Britton	Natural Resources of Illinois	1938	fresco
Decatur USPO	Edgar Britton	Development of Illinois	1938	fresco
Des Plaines USPO	James Michael Newell	Father Marquette	1945	mural
Downers Grove USPO	Elizabeth Tracy	Chicago, Railroad Center of the Nation	1940	oil on canvas
Dwight USPO	Carlos Lopez	Stage at Dawn	1937	fresco
East Alton USPO	Frances Foy	The Letter	1936	oil on canvas
East Moline USPO	Edgar Britton	Early Settlers of Moline along the Mississippi	1936	fresco
Eldorado USPO	William Schwartz	Mining in Illinois	1937	oil on canvas
Elmhurst USPO	George Melville Smith	There was Vision	1938	oil on canvas
Evanston USPO	Robert I. Russin	Throwing the Mail	1941	cast aluminum with gold foil
Evanston USPO	Robert I. Russin	Mail Handler	1941	cast aluminum with gold foil
Evanston USPO	Armin A. Scheler	The Message	1940	carved limestone relief
Evanston USPO	Armin A. Scheler	The Answer	1940	carved limestone relief
Fairfield USPO	William Schwartz	Old Settlers	1936	oil on canvas
Flora USPO	Davenport Griffen	Good News and Bad	1937	oil on canvas
Forest Park USPO	Miriam McKinnie (Hofmeier)	The White Fawn	1940	mural
Galesburg USPO	Aaron Bohrod	Breaking the Prairie - Log City - 1837	1938	oil on canvas
Geneva USPO	Manuel A. Bromberg	Fish Fry in the Park	1940	tempera
Gibson City USPO	Frances Foy	Hiawatha Returning with Minnehaha	1940	oil on canvas
Gillespie USPO	Gustaf Dalstrom	Illinois Farm	1936	oil on canvas
Glen Ellyn USPO	Dan Rhodes	Settlers	1937	oil on canvas
Hamilton USPO	Edmund D. Lewandowski	On the River	1941	mural
Herrin USPO (destroyed)	Gustaf Dalstrom	George Rogers Clark Conferring with Indians near Herrin	1940	mural
Homewood USPO	Maurine Montgomery (Gibbs)	The Letter	1942	wood relief
Kankakee USPO	Edouard Chassaing	Farming	1943	wood relief
Lemont USPO	Charles Turzak	Canal Boats	1938	oil on canvas
Lewistown USPO	Ida Abelman	Lewistown Milestones	1941	tempera
McLeansboro USPO	Dorothea Mierisch	First Official Air Mail Flight	1941	oil on canvas
Madison USPO	A. Raymond Katz	Assimilation of the Immigrant into the Industrial Life of Madison	1940	oil on canvas
Marseilles USPO	Avery Johnson	Industrial Marseilles	1938	oil on canvas
Marshall USPO	Miriam McKinnie (Hofmeier)	Harvest	1938	oil on canvas
Melrose Park USPO (destroyed)	Edwin Boyd Johnson	Air Mail	1937	fresco
Moline USPO	Edward Millman	Ploughshare Manufacturing	1937	egg tempera on gesso
Morton USPO	Charles Umlauf	Spirit of Communication	1939	cast stone relief
Mount Carroll USPO	Irene Bianucci	Rural Scenes - Wakarusa Valley	1941	oil on canvas
Mount Morris USPO	Dale Nichols	The Growth of Mount Morris	1939	oil on canvas
Mount Sterling USPO	Henry Bernstein	The Covered Bridge	1941	tempera
Naperville USPO	Rainey Bennett	George Martin's Home Overlooking Old Naper Hill	1941	oil on canvas
Nashville USPO	Zoltan Sepeshy	Barn Yard	1942	tempera on wall board
Nokomis USPO	Bernard J. (Tony) Rosenthal	Coal Mining	1947	wood relief
Normal USPO	Albert Pels	Development of the State Normal School	1938	oil on canvas
Oak Park USPO	J. Theodore Johnson	History of Chicago	1939	oil on canvas
O'Fallon USPO (article)	Merlin F. Pollock	John Mason Peck, First Postmaster Handing Out Mail - 1830	1939	oil on canvas
Oglesby USPO	Fay E. Davis	The Illini and Pottawatomies Struggle at Starved Rock	1942	oil on canvas
Oregon USPO	David Cheskin	The Pioneer and Democracy	1940	tempera
Park Ridge USPO (in storage)	George Melville Smith	Indians Cede the Land	1940	mural
Peoria USPO and Courthouse	Freeman Schoolcraft	Postal Service	1939	limestone
Peoria USPO and Courthouse	Freeman Schoolcraft	Native Indian	1939	limestone
Peoria USPO and Courthouse	Freeman Schoolcraft	Agriculture	1939	limestone
Peoria USPO and Courthouse	Freeman Schoolcraft	Industry	1939	limestone
Petersburg USPO	John Winters	Lincoln at New Salem, Illlinois	1938	oil on canvas
Pittsfield USPO	William Schwartz	Champ Clark Bridge	1938	oil on canvas
Plano USPO	Peterpaul Ott	Harvest	1941	wood relief
Rock Falls USPO	Curt Drewes	Farming by Hand	1939	plaster relief
Rock Falls USPO	Curt Drewes	The Manufacture of Farm Implements	1939	plaster relief
Rushville USPO	Rainey Bennett	Hart Fellows, Builder of Rushville	1939	oil on canvas
Salem USPO	Vladimir Rousseff	Lincoln as Postmaster in New Salem	1938	oil on canvas
Sandwich USPO	Marshall M. Fredericks	The Family	1941	terra cotta relief
Shelbyville USPO	Sister Lucia Wiley	Shelby County Fail - 1900	1941	fresco
Staunton USPO	Ralph Henricksen	Going to Work	1941	oil on canvas
Tuscola USPO	Edwin Boyd Johnson	The Old Days	1941	oil on canvas
Vandalia USPO	Aaron Bohrod	Old State Capitol in Vandalia, Illinois	1936	oil on canvas
Virden USPO	James Daugherty	Illinois Pastoral	1939	tempera and oil
White Hall USPO	Felix Schlag	Potter and His Burro	1939	plaster relief
Wilmette USPO	Raymond Breinin	In the Soil Is Our Wealth	1938	oil on canvas
Wood River USPO	Archibald Motley, Jr.	Stagecoach and Mail	1937	oil on canvas

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