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Kelpe, Karl,
Landscape -- Illinois
Figure group
Occupation -- Other
Occupation -- Farm
Architecture exterior -- Domestic
Painting
Mural
Pioneers Tilling Soil and Building Log Cabin, (painting).
Artist:
Kelpe, Karl, b. 1898, painter.
Title:
Pioneers Tilling Soil and Building Log Cabin, (painting).
Dates:
1939.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Subject:
Landscape -- Illinois
Figure group
Occupation -- Other -- Pioneer
Occupation -- Farm -- Farmer
Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- House
Object Type:
Painting
Mural
Owner:
Carthage Post Office, 615 Main Street, Carthage, Illinois
Remarks:
Created under the New Deal federal art project originally known as the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture, later known as the the Section of Fine Arts, which commissioned artworks for public buildings through competitions.
References:
Thompson, Mary Emma, "A Guide to Depression Era Art in Illinois Post Offices," Westfield, IL: Mary Emma Thompson, 1995, rev. 2005, pg. 12.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 8E380036
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Inventory of American Paintings
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