New Deal/WPA Art in Wilmette, Illinois



Behind a glass partition in the Wilmette USPO, 1241 Central,
is an oil on canvas mural.

It is called "In the Soil is Our Wealth" and was installed in 1938.



The artist was Raymond Breinin who was born November 30, 1910 in Vitebsk, Russia

photographs copyright 2001 Nancy Lorance


Laurel School, Wilmette

"Rural Landscape" by Gustaf Dalstrom
WPA mural installed in the Kindergarten of Laurel School
Size: 9'9" x 23'; Medium: oil on canvas


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