NEW DEAL/WPA ART IN NORTH DAKOTA


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.

Unless indicated, works of art are located in the US Post Office building.

Location

Artist

Title

Date

Medium

Langdon

Leo J. Beaulaurier

"Indians Demanding Wagon Toll"

1939

oil on canvas

Lisbon
(relocated to St. Augustena College)

James L. Hansen

"Family Group"

1944

terra-cotta
(missing)

New Rockford

Edward Buk Ulreich

"Advance Guard of the West"

1940

oil on canvas

Rugby

Kenneth Callahan

"Rugby, the Geographical Center of North America"

1943

oil on canvas

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


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