During the New Deal era, the United States federal government funded relief, architectural, and freestanding sculpture throughout the country and its territories.
This New Deal artwork included 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 or American Art Annual, 1941.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 "USPO" refers to a United States Post Office building.
Alabama Location Title Image Artist Medium Date Notes Alexander City Post Office, Alexander City Tobacco, Wheat, and Cotton Franc Epping terra cotta 1941 Reliefs stored in the modern Alexander City City Hall; original post office building became a community center, then microbrewery. Opp City Hall (formerly Opp Post Office), Opp Commercial Historic District, With . Opp Opp Hans Mangelsdorf wood 1940 Relief missing, last known to be in the possession of the Opp Historical Society in the 1990s. Scottsboro Post Office, Scottsboro Alabama Agriculture Constance Ortmayer plaster 1940 Three-panel relief With .
Arizona Location Title Image Artist Medium Date Notes Cochise County Court House, Bisbee The Arizona Miner Phillips Sanderson painted cast stone 1935 nine-foot-tall statue in front of building USPO Flagstaff Arizona logging Robert Kittredge plaster 1940 relief, since moved, missing Arizona State Fairgrounds Grandstand, Phoenix history and Arizona activities David Carrick Swing and Florence Blakeslee copper sprayed cast concrete 1936 23 panels USPO & Forestry Building, Springerville Apache Chiefs Geronimo and Vittorio Robert Kittredge plaster 1939 relief Arizona State University campus, Tempe fountain Emry Kopta cast concrete 1934 only the bottom of three tiers was completed Hayden Library, Arizona State University, Tempe The Flute Player Emry Kopta bronze 1934 originally intended as top of fountain
Arkansas Location Title Image Artist Medium Date Notes Berryville Post Office Man and Woman, Arkansas Daniel Gillette Olney 1940 Monticello Post Office Tomato Culture Berta Margoulies terra cotta 1941 3 reliefs
California Location Title Image Artist Medium Date Notes USPO Bell Eagle Stuart Holmes wood 1937 "in private hands" 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 missingUSPO Colton Eagle Sherry Peticolas and Gordon Newell 1936 USPO Covina Covina Desert Orange Groves Atanas Katchamakoff Spanish cedar 1941 relief Urho Saari Swim Stadium, El Segundo Swimmers Merrill Gage 1941 Untitled reliefs of figures in swimwear flanking the main entranceFresno Unified School District Education Center, originally U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Fresno RFD 1 and RFD 2 Helen Bell Bruton terra cotta 1940 reliefs American Eagles William Calfee cast concrete 1940 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 Glendale Community College, Glendale Fountain with mosaic Archibald Garner USPO Hollister Early California Vladimir Menkoff; Joseph Stone and Avis Zeigler, assistants wood 1936 USPO Inglewood Centinela Springs Archibald Garner mahogany 1937 relief Inglewood Buffalo, Bear, Cougar, Bighorn Sheep Sherry Peticolas and Gordon Newell plaster 1937 King City High School, King City King City High School Auditorium Jo Mora Concrete 1939 listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Monterey County, California USPO Livermore The Ranch Post Box Robert Boardman Howard oak 1941 relief Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles Astronomers Monument Roger Noble Burnham, Djey El Djey, Arnold Foerster, Archibald Garner, Gordon Newell, and George Stanley concrete 1934 United States Post Office (Hollywood, Los Angeles) Horsemen Sherry Peticolas and Gordon Newell wood 1937 Lafayette Park, Los Angeles Power of Water Henry Lion, Jason Herron, and Sherry Peticolas; engineer Paul Jeffers 1934 Fountain with bas relief frieze commissioned by the PWAP Cabrillo Beach, San Pedro, Los Angeles Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo Henry Lion cast concrete 1936 Statue of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo commissioned by the Federal Art Project.Spring Street Courthouse, originally U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Los Angeles Eagles James Hansen 1941 Eagles Henry Lion cast stone 1938 Two eagles on the facade Law Archibald Garner limestone 1941 "in storage" (1984) Young Lincoln James L. Hansen limestone 1941 "now Recorder of Deeds" USPO Oceanside Eagle Stuart Holmes 1936 carved grill Newman Park, Riverside Juan Bautista De Anza Sherry Peticolas carved granite 1939 statue Departure from Tubac Second De Anza Expedition, 1775 Dorr Bothwell sandstone 1939 bas relief USPO Roseville The Letter Zygmund Sazevich wood 1937 relief USPO Salinas Cowboy, Cattleman, and Cowboy and Horse Richard O'Hanlon walnut 1937 reliefs USPO San Fernando Transportation of the Mail Sherry Peticolas and Gordon Newell Wood 1936 Truck, horse, ship, train, stagecoachThe WPA projects: Public Art Throughout the San Fernando Valley. (1994, Nov 13). Los Angeles Times. USPO San Diego Transportation of the Mail Archibald Garner 1937 San Francisco Mint Minting Process and Eagle Albert Stewart bronze 1937 4 reliefs St. Matthew Station, formerly San Mateo Main Post Office, San Mateo Indian Maidens Zygmund Sazevich wood 1935 relief 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 Santa Monica Santa Monica Eugene Morahan Concrete 1934 Statue commissioned by the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) USPO Yuba City The Wealth of Sutter County Lulu H. Brighetta wood 1942 relief
Colorado Location Title Image Artist Medium Date Notes Delta Post Office, Delta Cattle and Fruit Mary Kittredge plaster 1942 bas reliefs Byron White United States Courthouse, Denver Rocky Mountain Sheep and White Ram Gladys Caldwell Fisher limestone 1936 Las Animas Post Office, Las Animas Kiowa Travois Gladys Caldwell Fisher wood 1939 relief USPO Longmont Transcontinental Mail or Ways of the Mail Arnold Ronnebeck terra cotta 1937 3 reliefs, missing
Connecticut Location Title Image Artist Medium Date Notes USPO New Milford The Post Mildred Jerome wood 1938 reliefs, building now (1984 school board offices USPO Oakville The Picnickers Theodore Barbarossa wood 1941 relief Norwalk Main Post Office, South Norwalk, Norwalk Eagle Gaetano Cecere marble 1941 relief Fairgate housing complex, Stamford Mother and SonHenry KreisPink granite1938Originally sculpted for Fairfield Court (now Fairgate) public housing Czescik Marina Park, Stamford Neighbors USPO Windsor Stringing, Transplanting, and Harvesting Nena de Brennecke wood 1943
District of Columbia Location Title Image Artist Medium Date Notes Department of Commerce BuildingGurney, George, Sculpture and the Federal Triangle, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1985 p. 100 James Earle Fraser and Laura Gardin Fraser created 1/2" to 1' plaster sketches of all the pediments fabricated by various sculptors Several of the sculptural elements on the building by Ricci & Zari and carved by Edward Ardolino were executed before the New Deal so don't fit into the parameters of this article. The later sculpture finished in 1934 does fall into the New Deal era. Foreign and Domestic commerce Ulysses Ricci limestone 1934 designed by James Earle Fraser Fisheries Joseph Kiselewski limestone 1934 designed by James Earle Fraser, carved by the Gino Ratti Company Aeronautics Haig Patigian limestone 1934 designed by James Earle Fraser, carved by Geno A. Ratti Company Mining Frederick G.R. Roth 1943 designed by James Earle Fraser, carved by the Gino Ratti Company Federal Trade Commission Building Construction Chaim Gross limestone 1938 Shipping Robert Laurent limestone 1938 Aluminum grills William McVey Aluminum 1938 Agriculture Concetta Scaravaglione limestone 1938 Foreign Trade Carl Schmitz limestone 1938 American Eagles Sidney Waugh limestone 1938 Federal Trade Commission Building, Constitution Avenue side Man Controlling Trade Michael Lantz limestone 1942 Federal Trade Commission Building, Pennsylvania Avenue side Man Controlling Trade Michael Lantz limestone 1942 Government Printing Office Warehouse Building Men Stacking Paper Stock, Printing Press Activities Elliott Means 1937 Government Printing Office Seal Armin Scheler 1937 former Home Owners' Loan Corporation Building 7 reliefs, "The Building Trades" Albert Stewart limestone 1936 Internal Revenue Service Building four identical eagles with fasces Ricci & Zari limestone 1936 Langston Terrace Dwellings Emancipation of the Colored Man aka The Progress of the Negro Race Daniel Olney terra cotta 1937 National Zoological Park Pre-historic Animals Charles R. Wright 1937 Anteater, Entrance to the Mammal House Erwin Springweiler 1937 Tumbling Bears Heinz Warneke 1938 Post Office Department Building Post Rider Continental 1775 to 1789 Alexander Stirling Calder aluminum 1936 Rural Free Delivery Gaetano Cecere 1936 Portraits of 8 former Postmasters General Gleb Derujinsky 1937 Alaska Snowshoe Carrier Chaim Gross aluminum 1936 Pony Express 1850–1858 Arthur Lee 1937 Air Mail Oronzio Maldarelli 1936 Samuel Osgood, First Postmaster General Paul Manship 1937 Postman 1961-1775Berta Margoulies 1936 Present Day Postman Attilio Piccirilli 1937 Railway Mail-1862 Concetta Scaravaglione 1936 City Delivery Carrier Carl Schmitz 1936 Tropical Postman Louis Slobodkin 1936 Express Man Heinz Warneke 1936 Stage driver, 1789–1836 Sidney Waugh 1936 Benjamin Franklin, the First Colonial Postmaster William Zorach 1937 Social Security & RR Retirement Board Building American Eagle Richmond Barthé 1940 Family group, Unemployment Compensation Emma Lu Davis 1941 Railroad Employment, Railroad Retirement Robert Kittredge 1941 The Growth of Social Security, The Benefits of Social Security Henry Kreis 1941 Two eagles Heinz Warneke 1941 U.S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building Sculptured frieze Richard Massoni limestone 1938 Stewart Lee Udall US Department of the Interior Building American Bison Boris Gilbertson limestone 1940 American Moose Boris Gilbertson limestone 1940 Negro Mother and Child Maurice Glickman bronze 1934 Installed 1940 Abe Lincoln Louis Slobodkin 1940 Powell Exploring the Grand Canyon Ralph Stackpole 1940 Lewis & Clark Heinz Warneke 1940
Florida Location Title Image Artist Medium Date Notes USPO Arcadia Arcadia Constance Ortmayer plaster 1939 David W. Dyer Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Miami Love & Hope Alexander Sambugnaccast stone1938relief Wisdom & Courage
Georgia Location Title Image Artist Medium Date Notes USPO Ashburn Southern Farm Life Maurice Glickman 1947 missing (2016) Techwood Homes Housing Project, Atlanta Fawn Ahron Ben-Shmuel 1936 USPO Cochran The Little Farmer Ilse Erythropel glazed terra cotta 1940 relief USPO Lyons Wild Duck and Deer Albino Manca terra cotta 1942 relief USPO Manchester Game Bird Hunt Erwin Springweiler mahagony 1941 relief USPO Winder Weighing Cotton Marion Sanford plaster 1939 now located in Barrow County Museum USPO Wrightsville Transgression Earl N. Thorp cast stone 1940 relief
Hawaii Location Title Image Artist Medium Date Notes Schofield Barracks, Honolulu Primitive Communications Roy King wood 1943
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