The following is a list of all the artists that created murals in Illinois post offices during the New Deal. As I’ve been doing my research I felt it might be helpful for others so I decided to write-up an article with my findings.
If you ever visit the National Archives in Washington DC, then you may notice this comes in handy. Some of the records and files are organized by state. Other records are organized by the name of the artists.
I found it useful to have a listing of both. So here it is.
Illinois Post Office Mural Artist
- Abingdon, Illinois – Newell Hillis Arnold
- Berwyn, Illinois – Richard Haines
- Brookfield, Illinois – Edouard Chassaing
- Bushnell, Illinois – Reva Jackman
- Carlyle, Illinois – Curt Drewes
- Carmi, Illinois – William Davenport Griffin
- Carthage, Illinois – Karl Kelpe
- Chester, Illinois – Fay Elizabeth Davis
- Chicago, Former Chestnut – Frances Foy
- Chicago, Former Chestnut – Gustaf Dalstrom
- Chicago, Kedzie – Peterpaul Ott
- Chicago, Lakeview – Harry Sternberg
- Chicago, Logan Square – Hildreth Meiere
- Chicago, Morgan Park – John Theodore Johnson
- Chicago, Uptown – Henry Varnum Poor
- Chillicothe, Illinois – Arthur Herschel Lidov
- Clinton, Illinois – Aaron Bohrod
- Decatur, Illinois – Edward Millman
- Decatur, Illinois – Edgar Britton
- Decatur, Illinois – Mitchell Siporin
- Des Plaines, Illinois – James Michael Newell
- Downers Grove, Illinois – Elizabeth Tracy
- Dwight, Illinois – Carlos Lopez
- East Alton, Illinois – Frances Foy
- East Moline, Illinois – Edgar Britton
- Eldorado, Illinois – William Samuel Schwartz
- Elmhurst, Illinois – George Melville Smith
- Evanston, Illinois – Robert Isaiah Russin
- Evanston, Illinois – Armin Alfred Scheler
- Fairfield, Illinois – William Samuel Schwartz
- Flora, Illinois – William Davenport Griffin
- Forest Park, Illinois – Miriam McKinnie Hofmeier
- Galesburg, Illinois – Aaron Board
- Geneva, Illinois – Manuel Abraham Bromberg
- Gibson City, Illinois – Frances Foy
- Gillespie, Illinois – Gustaf Dalstrom
- Glen Ellyn, Illinois – Daniel Rhodes
- Hamilton, Illinois – Edmund D. Lewandowski
- Herrin, Illinois – Gustaf Dalstrom
- Homewood, Illinois – Maurine Montgomery Gibbs
- Kankakee, Illinois – Edouard Chassaing
- Lemont, Illinois – Charles Turzak
- Lewistown, Illinois – Ida Abelman
- Madison, Illinois – Alexander Raymond Katz
- Marseilles, Illinois – Avery Johnson
- Marshall, Illinois – Miriam McKinnie Hofmeier
- McLeansboro, Illinois – Dorothea Mierisch
- Melrose Park, Illinois – Edwin Boyd Johnson
- Moline, Illinois – Edward Millman
- Morton, Illinois – Charles Umlauf
- Mount Carroll, Illinois – Irene Soravia Bianucci
- Mount Morris, Illinois – Dale Nichols
- Mount Sterling, Illinois – Henry Bernstein
- Naperville, Illinois – Rainey Bennett
- Nashville, Illinois – Zoltan Sepeshy
- Nokomis, Illinois – Bernard J. Rosenthal
- Normal, Illinois – Albert Pels
- Oak Park, Illinois – John Theodore Johnson
- O’Fallon, Illinois – Merlin F. Pollock
- Oglesby, Illinois – Fay Elizabeth Davis
- Oregon, Illinois – David B. Cheskin
- Park Ridge, Illinois – George Melville Smith
- Peoria, Illinois – Freeman Schoolcraft
- Petersburg, Illinois – John Winters
- Pittsfield, Illinois – William Samuel Schwartz
- Plano, Illinois – Peterpaul Ott
- Rock Falls, Illinois – Curt Drewes
- Rushville, Illinois – Rainey Bennett
- Salem, Illinois – Walter Vladimir Rousseff
- Sandwich, Illinois – Marshall Maynard Fredericks
- Shelbyville, Illinois – Lucia May Wiley
- Staunton, Illinois – Ralf Christian Henricksen
- Tuscola, Illinois – Edwin Boyd Johnson
- Vandalia, Illinois – Aaron Board
- Virden, Illinois – James Daugherty
- White Hall, Illinois – Felix Oscar Schlag
- Wilmette, Illinois – Raymond Breinin
- Wood River – Roxana, Illinois – Archibald Motley Jr.
Sources
- David W. Gates Jr. on site visits to each location.
- Illinois Post Office Mural Guidebook 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
