New Deal/WPA Art in Marseille, Illinois


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.


photograph © 2001 Larry Dunlap

Marseilles, IL Post Office
"Industrial Marseilles" - oil on canvas
by Avery Johnson (1938)


photograph © 2001 Larry Dunlap


photograph © 2001 Larry Dunlap



photograph © 2005 Mark Walther


photograph © 2005 Mark Walther

This mural was photographed and contributed
by Larry Dunlap and his son, Chris (2001),
as well as Mark Walther (2005).

All murals depicted on this site are used with permission
of the United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.


Interested in the town of Marseilles, Illinois? Check out the website of the Marseilles Tourism & Park District Committee.


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