A total of twenty-eight artist created murals in thirty-five Wisconsin Post Office buildings during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Seven of the artist received multiple commissions as noted below. The artist and their awarded sites as listed below.
We have found having a list such as this is convenient when performing research at the National Archives Records and Administration. Any researcher will reveal, that finding information is part of the fun, somethings what you are looking for is catalogued by the artist name. Other times the research materials you need may be cataloged by the city or town, and so on.
Having a list to refer to is helpful on your journey of discovering these wonderful treasures in our nations post offices.
Wisconsin Post Office Mural Artists
- Berlin – Raymond Redell*
- Black River Falls – Frank Buffmire
- Chilton – Charles W Thwaites*
- Columbus – Arnold Blanch
- De Pere – Lester W Bentley
- Edgerton – Vladimir Rousseff*
- Elkhorn – Tom Rost*
- Fond du Lac – Boris Gilbertson*
- Hartford– Ethel Spears
- Hayward – Stella E Harlos
- Hudson – Ruth Grotenrath
- Janesville – Boris Gilbertson*
- Kaukauna – Vladimir Rousseff*
- Kewaunee – Paul Faulkner
- Ladysmith – Elsa Jemne
- Lake Geneva – George A Dietrich
- Lancaster – Tom Rost*
- Mayville – Peter Roiter*
- Milwaukee – Frances Foy
- Neillsville – John Van Koert
- Oconomowoc – Edward Morton
- Park Falls – James Waltrous
- Plymouth – Charles W Thwaites*
- Prairie Du Chien – Jefferson E Greer
- Reedsburg – Richard Jansen
- Rice Lake – Forest Flower*
- Richland Center – Richard Brooks
- Shawano – Eugene Higgins
- Sheboygan – Schomer Lichtner
- Stoughton – Edmund D Lewandoski
- Sturgeon Bay – Santos Zingle
- Viroqua – Forrest Flower*
- Waupaca – Raymond Redell*
- Wausau – Gerritt Sinclair
- West Bend – Peter Roiter*
There are a total of 28 artist that were commissioned artwork in Wisconsin in regards to post offices.
A few of the artists received multiple commissions and have art in more than one building. The following artists have two or more murals in Wisconsin.
- Raymond Redell – Berlin and Wapaca
- Charles W Thwaities – Chilton and Plymouth
- Vladimir Rousseff – Edgerton and Kaukauna
- Tom Rost – Elkhorn and Lancaster
- Boris Gilbertson – Fond du Lac and Janesville
- Forrest Flower – Rice Lake and Viroqua
- Peter Rotier – Mayville and West Bend
- David W. Gates Jr. on site visits to each location.
- Wisconsin Post Office Mural Guidebook
by David W. Gates Jr.
- Wisconsin Post Office Murals
by David W. Gates Jr.
- National Archives Records and Administration, College Park Maryland
- Who was who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 years of artist in America, Peter H Falk; Audrey M Lewis, Georgia Kuchen, Veronika Roessler, Madison, CT, Mount View Press. 1999.
- Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal
: [Hardcover] Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
by David W. Gates Jr.
by David W. Gates Jr.
