'New London Facets' mural painting   Save
Ohio Post Office Artwork Collection
Description: Photograph of a mural titled "New London Facets" by Lloyd R. Ney. The mural is located in the New London, Ohio post office. It is oil on canvas and measures 5' by 14'. The mural was created in 1940 with funding from the Section of Painting and Sculpture, a depression era public works program administered by the Treasury Department that provided work for unemployed artists. They awarded commissions through competitions and paid artists for their work, for a total of more than 1300 murals and 300 sculptures. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04715
Subjects: Artists; Paintings; mural paintings (visual works); Public buildings--Ohio; Great Depression; New Deal, 1933-1939
Places: New London (Ohio); Huron County (Ohio)