List of New Deal sculpture US government funded artwork, 1933–1942
Aquarius (1938) by Samuel Cashwan for the John F. Dye Water Conditioning Plant in Lansing, Mich.
List of New Deal sculpture is a list of sculpture found in the United States and its territories, including free standing, relief and architectural sculpture that was funded by the federal government during the New Deal era.
These include works produced under the Public Works of Art Project , (1933–1934), Treasury Relief Art Project , (1935–1938), Federal Art Projects (1935–1943), the Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture (1934–1943) and other federally sponsored projects.
Unless otherwise noted, sources are from Park and Markowitz[ 1] or American Art Annual, 1941.[ 2] "USPO" refers to a United States Post Office building, the term "relief" refers to relief sculpture .
Alabama
Alaska
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
Arizona
Arkansas
California
[ 8]
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
USPO Bell
Eagle
Stuart Holmes
wood
1937
"in private hands"[ 9]
United States Post Office (Berkeley, California)
Pony Express-Early California
David Slivka
limestone
1937
relief
USPO Burlingame
The Letter
James L. Hansen
cast stone
1941
USPO Claremont
Eagle
Stuart Holmes
1936
missing
USPO Colton
Eagle
Sherry Peticolas & Gordon Newell
1936
USPO Covina
Covina Desert Orange Groves
Atanas Katchamakoff
Spanish cedar
1941
relief
USPO & Courthouse now City Hall Fresno
RFD 1 and RFD 2
Helen Bell Bruton
terra cotta
1940
reliefs[ 10]
USPO & Courthouse now City Hall Fresno
American Eagles
William Calfee
cast concrete
1940
USPO & Courthouse now City Hall, Fresno
Justice
Archibald Garner
cast concrete
1940
relief
USPO Gardena
Rural Life
Rudolph Parducci
1941
carved mahogany
relief; see also exterior detail: prop plane, train, ship
USPO Hollister
Early California
Vladimir Menkoff Joseph Stone & Avis Zeigler , assts.
wood
1936
United States Post Office (Hollywood, Los Angeles)
Horsemen
Sherry Peticolas and Gordon Newell
wood
1937
USPO Inglewood
Centinela Springs
Archibald Garner
mahogany
1937
relief
Inglewood
Buffalo, Bear, Cougar, Bighorn Sheep
Sherry Peticolas & Gordon Newell
plaster
1937
King City
King City High School Auditorium
Jo Mora
Concrete
1939
NHRP
USPO Livermore
The Ranch Post Box
Robert Boardman Howard
oak
1941
relief
USPO & Courthouse, Los Angeles
Eagles
James Hansen
1941
USPO & CourtHouse Los Angeles
Eagles
Henry Lion
cast stone
1938
2 Eagles, on the facade
USPO & CourtHouse Los Angeles
Law
Archibald Garner
limestone
1941
"in storage" (1984)
USPO & CourtHouse Los Angeles
Young Lincoln
James L. Hansen
limestone
1941
"now Recorder of Deeds"[ 11]
USPO Oceanside
Eagle
Stuart Holmes
1936
carved grill
Riverside [ 12]
Juan Bautista De Anza
Sherry Peticolas
carved granite
1939
statue
Riverside [ 12]
Departure from Tubac Second De Anza Expedition, 1775
Dorr Bothwell (design), Sherry Peticolas
sandstone
1939
bas relief
USPO Roseville
The Letter
Zygmund Sazevich
wood
1937
relief
USPO San Fernando
Transportation of the Mail
Sherry Peticolas and Gordon Newell
Wood
1936
Truck, horse, ship, train, stagecoach[ 13]
USPO Salinas
Cowboy Cattleman Cowboy and Horse
Richard O'Hanlon
walnut
1937
reliefs
USPO San Diego
Transportation of the Mail
Archibald Garner
1937
San Francisco Mint
Minting Process and Eagle
Albert Stewart
bronze
1937
4 reliefs
USPO San Mateo
Indian Maidens
Zygmund Sazevich
wood
1935
relief[ 14]
United States Post Office-Santa Barbara Main
Transportation of the Mail
William Atkinson
plaster
1937
6 sunken reliefs
USPO Santa Clara
Early Pioneers
Michael von Meyer
wood
1937
USPO Yuba City
The Wealth of Sutter County
Lulu H. Brighetta
wood
1942
relief
El Segundo Swim Stadium
Swimmers [ 15]
Unknown
1941[ 16]
relief
San Pedro, Los Angeles
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo [ 17]
Henry Lion
cast concrete
1936
statue
Glendale Community College
Fountain with mosaic[ 13]
Archibald Garner
Santa Monica
Statue of Saint Monica
Eugene Morahan
Concrete
1934
Statue, PWAP
Lafayette Park , Los Angeles
Power of Water fountain with bas relief frieze
Henry Lion , Jason Herron , and Sherry Peticolas ; engineer Paul Jeffers
1934
PWAP
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
District of Columbia
Florida
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
USPO Arcadia
Arcadia
Constance Ortmayer
plaster
1939
USPO and CourthouseMiami
Love & Hope
Alexander Sambugnac
cast stone
1938
relief
USPO and Courthouse Miami
Wisdom & Courage
Alexander Sambugnac
cast stone
1938
relief
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
USPO and CourthouseCovington
Horsebreeding Tobacco
Carl L. Schmitz
limestone
1940
reliefs
USPO and Courthouse, Covington
Justice
Romuald Kraus
bronze
1942
replica of the sculpture created for the post office and courthouse in Newark, New Jersey[ 23]
Jenkins
Miner and Daughter
F. Jean Thalinger
terra cotta
1943
reliefs, missing (2016)[ 9]
USPO Springfield
Signing the Marriage Contract of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Kentucky Pioneer and Woodchopper
Richard Davis
limestone
1941
Williamstown
In Kentucky
Romauld Kraus
limestone
1942
reliefs
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
USPO
Park Rapids
Indian , Lumberjack Park Service Symbol
Alonzo Hauser
plaster
1941
St. Cloud
Mississippi Divides the Southwest from the Northeast
Brenda Putnam
plaster
1939
relief, moved to Minnesota Department of Manpower Services Building
Mississippi
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
Carthage
Lumberman Rolling a Log
Peter Dalton
wood
1941
relief
Ripley
Development of the Postal Service
George Aarons
cast stone
1939
3 reliefs moved to new Ripley post office
Missouri
Montana
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
Nebraska
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
Nevada
There are no New Deal sculptures in Nevada.
New Hampshire
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
Derry
Town of Derry
Vladimir Yoffe
plaster
1938
relief
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
USPO Angola
A Pioneer Woman's Bravery
Leopold Scholz
cast stone relief
1940
USPO Bay Shore
Speed
Wheeler Williams
1937
USPO Canton
Stillman Foote Acquires Homestead of John Harrington
Berta Margoulies
painted plaster
1939
relief
USPO Cooperstown
figures of James Fenimore Cooper Natty Bumppo and Chingachgook
Bela Janowsky
bronze
1937
relief
USPO Courtland
Valley of the Seven Hills
Ryah Ludins
painted wood
1943
relief
USPO Fairport
The Harvest
Henry Van Wolf
bronze
1939
relief
USPO Flushing Forest Hills
The Spirti of Communication
Sten W. J. Jacobsson
terracotta
1938
USPO Frankfort
Growth
Albert Wein
wood
1942
relief
USPO Geneva
Eagle , Industry, Education, Agriculture, and Aviation
Theodore Barbarossa
cast stone
1938
reliefs
USPO Great Neck
American Eagle
Gaetano Cecere
1940
sunken relief
USPO Hamilton
Messengers of the Mail
Humbert Albriziio
1938
relief
USPO Hudson
Evolution of Transportation
Vincent Glinsky
cast stone
1938
five reliefs
USPO Ilion
Eliphalet Remington
Edmond Amateis
1937
relief
USPO Lowville
Joy in the Earth
Helen Wilson
terra cotta
1941
relief
USPO Moravia
Jethro Wood making the first all metal plough in Monrovia
Kenneth Washburn
terra cotta
1942
relief
USPO NYC, Bronx
The Letter
Henry Kreis
limestone
1938
facade
USPO NYC, Bronx
Noah
Charles Rudy
limestone
1938
facade
USPO NYC, Madison Square
Communication and Transportation
Edmond Amateis
1937
USPO NYC, Madison Square
Communication By Sight
Louis Slobodkin Edmond Amaties
bronze
1937
5 reliefs
NYC, Canal Street Station
Indian Bowman
Wheeler Williams
terra cotta
1938
relief
NYC, Station "O"
Bear and Deer
Paul Fiene
cast stone
1938
NYC,Harlem-McCombs Housing Project
Tumbling Bears , Penguins , Kneeling Figures
Heinz Warneke
1938
USPO Orchard Park
In the Park
Francis P. De Luna
walnut
1943
relief
USPO Ossining
Landing of the Mail
Helene Sardeau
1938
USPO Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt , Animals
Leo Lentelli
terra cotta
1937
USPO Suffern
Communication
Elliott Means
plaster
1938
relief
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
Oregon
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
Pennsylvania
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
USPO Blawnox
The Steel Worker and Family
Mildred Jerome
wood
141
relief, missing (2006)[ 35]
USPO Bloomsburg
Pennsylvania Farming
Roy King
walnut
1937
relief
USPO Boyertown
Harvest, Transfer of Skills Education, and Barnyard
Moissaya Marans
plaster
1941
relief
USPO Chester
William Penn
Erwin Springweiler
metal
1938
USPO Clarks Summit
Communication by Mail
Harry Camden
aluminum
1939
USPO Conshohocken
Steel Workers
Robert Russin
wood
1942
relief
USPO Coraopolis
Racoon, Deer, and Fox
Nena de Brennecke
wood
1940
3 reliefs
USPO Coudersport
Lumbering in Potter County 1815–1920
Ernest Lohrmann
plaster
1939
relief
USPO Danville
Iron Pouring
Jean De Marco
aluminum
1941
USPO Drexel Hill
Aborigines
Concetta Scaravaglione
wood
1942
relief
USPO East Stroudsburg
Communication
Bennett Kassler
1937
USPO Erie
American Youth
Henry Kreis
aluminum
1940
USPO Everett
Signing of the Constitution
Hazel Clere
plaster
1940
USPO Girard
Vacation Time
Janet de Coux
wood
1942
relief, in storage (1984)
USPO Hamburg
Home
Nathaniel Kaz
wood
1941
relief
USPO Irwin
Puddlers
Chaim Gross
wood
1942
relief, moved to new post office
USPO Johnstown
eagles
Louis Slobodkin
granite
1938
"building reportedly sold"[ 36]
USPO Lititz
The Moravian Communion Lititz Springs Picnic
Joseph Nicolosi
wood
1941
relief
USPO Mahanoy City
Coal Miners Returning From Work
Malvina Hoffman
plaster
1939
USPO McDonald
Agriculture and Industry
August Jaegers
Plaster, (aluminum finished)
1937
relief
USPO Mercersburg
Good News
Joseph Nicolosi
plaster
1938
relief
USPO Meyersdale
Harvesters at Rest
Fred De Lorenzo
plaster
1940
relief
USPO Midland
Steel Workers
Humbert Albrizio
1940
USPO Mifflinburg
Pioneers of the Community
Bennett Kassler
plaster
1941
4 relief panels
USPO Milton
Transportation
Louis A. Maene
bronze and stone
1936
bronze plaque, 7 stone reliefs
USPO Mount Pleasant
Air Mail
Alexander Sambugnac
plaster
1937
relief
USPO North East
The Town Crier
Leo Lentelli
cast stone
1937
moved to new library
USPO Northampton
Physical Changes of the Postman through the Ages
Maurice Glickman
cast stone
1939
relief
USPO Northumberland
Dr. Joseph Priestley
Tina Melicov
red mahogany
1942
relief
USPO Oakmont
Allegheny River
Franc Epping
terra cotta
1942
relief
USPO Palmyra
The Oldest Church in the Valley Ploughing
Alice Decker
wood
1940
Nix Federal Building and United States Post Office , Philadelphia
Mail Delivery North, South, East, West
Edmond Amateis
stone
1941
4 relief panels
Nix Federal Building, Philadelphia
Law and Justice two eagles
Donald De Lue
stone
1940
2 relief panels
USPO Pittston
Indian , Mine Elevator Campbell's Ledge
Marion Walton
limestone
1942
reliefs
USPO Swarthmore
The Spirit of the Post
Milton Horn
wood
1937
relief
USPO Turtle Creek
Treaty of William Penn and the Indians
Mildred Jerome
wood
1939
relief
USPO Union City
The Lumberman
Vincent Glinsky
Wood
1941
relief
USPO Wyomissing
"Industry"
Cesare Stea
terra cotta
1941
relief, "1979, destroyed in natural gas explosion"[ 35]
USPO York
Prayer for Thanksgiving
George Kratina
wood
1946
missing, (2016)[ 35]
York
Singing Thanksgiving
Carl Schmitz
wood
1946
missing, (2016)[ 35]
Rhode Island
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
USPO Providence
Transportation Distribution of the Mail American Eagle
Raymond Barger
stone
1940
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
Vermont
Location
Title
Image
Artist
Medium
Date
Notes
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
See also
References
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^ American Art Annual, Geographical Dictionary Of Murals and Sculptures commissioned by Section of Fine Arts, Public Buildings Administration, Federal Works Agency. The American Federation of Arts, 1941 pp. 623–658
^ "Post Office Reliefs – Scottsboro AL" . The Living New Deal . Retrieved November 11, 2022 .
^ Berningham, Peter, The New Deal in the Southwest: Arizona and New Mexico, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson p.3
^ Berningham, Peter, The New Deal in the Southwest: Arizona and New Mexico, The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson
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^ Berningham, p.13
^ Berningham, p. 14
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^ Park, Marlene and Gerald E. Markowitz, Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal , Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1984 p. 211
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^ Hendry, Lansing, pp.106–107
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^ Hendry, L Fay, Outdoor Sculpture in Lansing , photographs by Balthazar Korab, iota Press, Okemos, Michigan, 1980 pp. 48–49
^ Hendry, Lansing p. 142
^ Ruby, Christine M. Nelson, Art for the People: Art in Michigan Sponsored by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, 1934 to 1943, Ph. D. dissertation, University of Michigan, 1986 p. 234
^ "New Jersey" . sites.temple.edu . Archived from the original on 2014-12-31.
^ York, Hildreth; White, Stuart (1980-03-23). "Stalking the Post Office Mural: An Artful Odyssey". The New York Times . p. NJ1.
^ Chris Fenton (February 16, 2004). "WPA art conserved, reinstalled on Tingley hospital first floor" . Campus News . University of New Mexico. Vol. 39, No. 12. Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2016 .
^ courthouselover (2012-03-24), Post Office 58054 (Lisbon, North Dakota) , retrieved 2022-10-05
^ Camden, Richard N., Outdoor Sculpture of Ohio , Chagrin Falls, Ohio: West Summit Press, 1980p.46–48
^ a b c d "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-08-29 .{{cite web }}
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^ Park, Marlene and Gerald E. Markowitz, Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal , Temple University Press, Philadelphia 1984 p. 226
^ "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 2016-09-11. Retrieved 2016-08-29 .{{cite web }}
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