Richard Haines Explained

Richard Haines
Birth Name:Richard Haines
Birth Date:29 December 1906
Birth Place:Marion, Iowa
Death Place:Los Angeles, California
Nationality:American
Occupation:artist, muralist

Richard Haines (born Marion, Iowa, December 29, 1906, died, Los Angeles, California October 9, 1984) was an American New Deal muralist.[1] [2] [3]

Murals

Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department. Haines was commissioned to paint an oil-on-canvas mural for the Berwyn, Illinois post office In 1942, and the Hastings, Minnesota post office. Arrival of the Fall Catalogue was completed in 1938.[4] [5] He also painted a fresco mural in the Sebeka, Minnesota High School building in 1938.[6]

Death

Richard Haines died in 1984 in Los Angeles, California.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/arts_and_architecture/2805/post_office_murals/432816 Rediscovering the People's Art: New Deal Murals in Pennsylvania’s Post Offices
  2. University of Central Arkansas. "Arkansas Post Office Murals".
  3. Web site: Sebecka mural a real treasure. srperspective.com/2011. Sr.Perspective. 22 January 2015.
  4. Book: Minnesota: A State Guide . 1947. Hastings House. 0403021731. Second.
  5. Web site: Richard Haines, American Muralist. sullivangross.com/richard_haines. Sullivan Gross Art Gallery. 22 January 2015.
  6. Web site: Sebecka mural a real treasure. srperspective.com/2011. Sr.Perspective. 10 October 2015.