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Louise RonnebeckWPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism1937
1937
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WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901 - 1980)
Proposal Sketch for Worland Wyoming Post Office WPA Mural Project
Image: 7 x 15 inches
Board 14 x 22 inches
Watercolor on paper, attached to black/gray cardboard/thick paper
c. 1937
Signed lower right
Written in Louise's hand on mounting paper in white chalk/pencil: "Sketch for Mural Worland Wyoming Post Office. "Indian Battle" or (with figures altered) Johnson County Raid of 1892 (The raid of the Cattlemen on the stock thieves Scale 1 1/2" = 1 foot". Note that hand printed signature is smudged on "beck"
From the artist's granddaughter:
This design was not realized, but another one of her designs was accepted and, miracle of miracles, the mural still exists. The Fertile Land Remembers, was moved from the Worland Post Office to the Dick Cheney Federal Building in Casper.
The mural study will ship from the the granddaughter's home.
BIO
Louise Emerson Ronnebeck was born in Philadelphia in 1901. She attended Barnard College, the American School in Fontainbleau, France; and Art Student's League of New York, where she was a life member. Her teachers included Kenneth Hayes Miller and George Bridgman.
On a visit to Mabel Dodge Lujan's ranch in New Mexico, she met the sculptor Arnold Ronnebeck, whom she married in 1926. In that same year her husband was appointed director of the Denver Art Museum.
A noted portraitist, Louise was also one of Colorado's most important public muralists, working for the Federal Art Project and other institutions. She executed mural commissions at Denver General Hospital; Morey Junior High School, Denver; Sloan's Lake Club House, Denver; Speer Hospital, Denver; Children's Hospital, Denver; Church of the Holy Redeemer, Denver; Cosmopolitan Hotel, Denver; U.S. Post Office, Grand Junction, Colorado; U.S. Post Office, Worland, Wyoming; U.S.O Building, Denver; and the Denver City and County Building.
In 1931 and 1934 she received awards for work exhibited at the Denver Art Museum, and in 1946 and 1947 she was on the art faculty of the University of Denver. She also taught art at the Colorado Military School (CMS), now Colorado Academy. She was a member of the Denver Art Guild and exhibited with the group Fifteen Colorado Artists.
She also exhibited widely, including at the American Art Exhibition, New York; Colorado Springs Fine Art Center; Joslyn Museum; Los Angeles Museum of Art, and San Francisco Museum of Art.
In the 1970s she relocated to Bermuda where she also executed several public art commissions.
- Creator:Louise Ronnebeck (1901 - 1980)
- Creation Year:1937
- Dimensions:Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)
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- Framing:Framing Options Available
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- Gallery Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1156214186642
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