Alicia Wiencek Fiene Explained

Alicia Wiencek Fiene
Birth Name:Alicia Wiencek
Birth Date:April 23, 1918 April 23, 1918
Birth Place:Chicopee, Massachusetts
Death Place:New York City
Nationality:American
Field:muralist
Spouse:Ernest Fiene

Alicia Wiencek Fiene (1918–1961) was an American painter. She is best known for her New Deal era mural in the Mooresville, North Carolina Post Office.

Biography

Fiene née Wiencek was born on April 23, 1918, in Chicopee, Massachusetts. She studied at the Art Students League of New York and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. In 1945 she married her professor Ernest Fiene with whom she had two children. Prior to their marriage the couple worked together on Fiene's fresco murals for the Central High School of Needle Trades.[1] left|thumb|"North Carolina Cotton Industry", 1937In 1937 Wiencek painted the mural North Carolina Cotton Industry for the Mooresville, North Carolina Post Office. The mural was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA).[2] Wiencek's work is in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts.[3]

She died in New York City on February 17, 1961.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Davis . Anita Price . New Deal Art in North Carolina: The Murals, Sculptures, Reliefs, Paintings, Oils and Frescoes and Their Creators . 29 October 2008 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-3779-5 . 113 . en.
  2. Web site: Artist: Alicia Wiencek . New Deal Art Registry . 17 March 2022.
  3. Web site: Head of Woman . Detroit Institute of Arts . 17 March 2022 . en.