New Deal/WPA Art in South Carolina
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.
|
Location |
Artist |
Title |
Date |
Medium |
|
Aiken, |
Stefan Hirsch |
"Justice as Protector and Avenger" |
1938 |
oil on canvas |
|
Anderson |
Arthur Covey |
"Corn, Cotton, and Tobacco Culture" |
1940 |
oil on canvas |
|
Bamberg |
Dorothea Mierisch |
"Cotton the World Over" |
1939 |
oil on canvas |
|
|
Irving A. Block |
"Peach Orchard" |
1941 |
mural |
|
Bishopville |
Hans E. Prehn |
"The Saw Mill" |
1942 |
plaster relief |
|
Chesterfield, |
Bruno Mankowski |
"The Farmers' Letters" |
1939 |
plaster relief |
|
|
John Carroll |
"Meeting of the Original Directors of Clemson College" |
1941 |
oil on canvas |
|
|
Renzo Fenci |
"Cultivation of Corn" |
1942 |
terra-cotta relief |
|
Greer |
Winfield Walkley |
"Cotton and Peach Growing" |
1941 |
mural |
|
|
Arnold Friedman |
"Rice Growing" |
1939 |
oil on canvas |
|
Mullins |
Lee Gatch |
"Tobacco Industry" |
1940 |
mural (missing) |
|
Summerville |
Bernadine Custer |
"Train Time - Summerville" |
1939 |
oil on canvas |
|
|
Sheffield Kagy |
"Past and Present Agriculture and Industry of Colleton County" |
1938 |
mural |
|
Ware Shoals |
Alice Kindler |
"American Landscape" |
1940 |
mural |
|
Winnsboro |
Auriel Bessemer |
"Industrial Tapestry" |
1938 |
oil on canvas |
|
Woodruff |
Abraham Lishinsky |
"Cotton Harvest" |
1941 |
mural |
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
© 2006 Nancy Lorance
All Rights Reserved.