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Wisconsin Post Office Mural Artists

October 18, 2017 By David W. Gates Jr.

Artist Frank Buffmire - Black River Falls Post Office Mural
Artist Frank Buffmire – Black River Falls Post Office Mural

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

  1. Berlin – Raymond Redell*
  2. Black River Falls – Frank Buffmire
  3. Chilton – Charles W Thwaites*
  4. Columbus – Arnold Blanch
  5. De Pere – Lester W Bentley
  6. Edgerton – Vladimir Rousseff*
  7. Elkhorn – Tom Rost*
  8. Fond du Lac – Boris Gilbertson*
  9. Hartford– Ethel Spears
  10. Hayward – Stella E Harlos
  11. Hudson – Ruth Grotenrath
  12. Janesville – Boris Gilbertson*
  13. Kaukauna – Vladimir Rousseff*
  14. Kewaunee – Paul Faulkner
  15. Ladysmith – Elsa Jemne
  16. Lake Geneva – George A Dietrich
  17. Lancaster – Tom Rost*
  18. Mayville – Peter Roiter*
  19. Milwaukee – Frances Foy
  20. Neillsville – John Van Koert
  21. Oconomowoc – Edward Morton
  22. Park Falls – James Waltrous
  23. Plymouth – Charles W Thwaites*
  24. Prairie Du Chien – Jefferson E Greer
  25. Reedsburg – Richard Jansen
  26. Rice Lake – Forest Flower*
  27. Richland Center – Richard Brooks
  28. Shawano – Eugene Higgins
  29. Sheboygan – Schomer Lichtner
  30. Stoughton – Edmund D Lewandoski
  31. Sturgeon Bay – Santos Zingle
  32. Viroqua – Forrest Flower*
  33. Waupaca – Raymond Redell*
  34. Wausau – Gerritt Sinclair
  35. 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

New Deal Artists Biographies NARA
New Deal Artists Biographies NARA
New Deal Artists Biographies NARA

Sources

  • 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

Filed Under: Artist, Artwork, NARA, New Deal, Post Office, Wisconsin Tagged With: Arnold Blanch, Artist, Boris Gilbertson, Charles W Thwaites, Edmund D Lewandowski, Edward Morton, Elsa Jemne, Ethel Spears, Eugene Higgins, Forrest Flower, Frances Foy, Frank Buffmire, George A Dietrich, Gerrit Sinclair, James Watrous, Jefferson E Greer, John Van Koert, Lester W Bentley, NARA, New Deal, Paul Faulkner, Peter Rotier, Raymond Redell, Richard Brooks, Richard Jansen, Ruth Grotenrath, Santos Zingale, Schomer Lichtner, Stella E Harlos, Tom Rost, Walter Vladimir Rousseff, Wisconsin

Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office

October 19, 2013 By David W. Gates Jr.

Sturgeon Bay WI Post Office 54235
Sturgeon Bay WI Post Office 54235

ADDRESS: 359 Louisiana St. Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin 54235
ARTIST: Santos Zingale
TITLE: Fruits of Sturgeon Bay
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The Sturgeon Bay Post Office is still active postal facility and the mural is view able by the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the postmaster’s door.
YEAR: 1940

Welcome to another awesome Wisconsin Post Office.  One summer weekend in 2013, I was not able to sleep. So what did I do? I woke up about 3:00 in the morning. Wide awake I said to myself “I could make it to Sturgeon Bay and back today,” So that’s what I did. A personal visit by me to confirm and photograph this great building and mural.

But what a long day, I made it Sturgeon Bay, drove to some other post offices and then back home. Lots of driving but that’s what it takes.

Thanks,

David W. Gates Jr.

Fruits of Sturgeon Bay by Santos Zingale, photo credit David W. Gates Jr.

Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office 54235
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office 54235
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office 54235
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office 54235
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office 54235 Cornerstone
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office Mural 54235 Full
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office Mural 54235 Detail
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office Mural 54235 Detail
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office Mural 54235 Detail
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office Mural 54235 Detail
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office Mural 54235 Center
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office 54235 Right Side
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office Mural 54235 Left Side
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office Mural 54235 Detail
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office Mural 54235 Detail
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office 54235 Artifacts
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office 54235 Artifacts
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office 54235 Artifacts
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office 54235 Artifacts
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Post Office 54235 Cornerstone

“Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®. All rights reserved.”

Sources

  • Personal visit on 7/27/2013 by David W. Gates Jr.
  • Wisconsin Post Office Murals by David W. Gates Jr.
  • Wisconsin Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
  • United States Postal Service
  • (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover]  Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
  • National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Reference Number (00001237).
  • National Archives Records and Administration Identifier Number (106778863).
  • Door County Pulse: When the WPA Brought an Art Master to Sturgeon Bay (https://doorcountypulse.com/when-the-wpa-brought-an-art-master-to-sturgeon-bay/)

Filed Under: Artifacts, Artwork, Cornerstone, New Deal, Post Office, Wisconsin Tagged With: Artifacts, Artwork, Cornerstone, Mural, New Deal, Post Office, Santos Zingale, Wisconsin

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