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Rockwell Kent (1882-1971)
"Delivery of Mail in the Tropics"
1937
Oil on canvas
The mural was based on sketches the artist made during visits to Puerto Rico and Haiti. Along with it's [sic] companion mural the paintings depict the first letter being sent from Eskimos in Alaska to the native people of Puerto Rico.
The artist was born June 21, 1882 in Ai Sable Forks, New York. He studied with William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, and Kenneth Hayes Miller. His art work is in the collections of many institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
These mural paintings were commissioned by the Section of Painting and Sculpture which was established by the Treasury in 1934. In 1939 it was absorbed, along with the WPA, into the newly created Federal Works Agency. By 1943 all New Deal art programs had been discontinued. |