: Photograph of "Characteristic Local Scenes in Portsmouth," a four panel painted by Clarence H. Carter in 1938. Carter was an American painter, designer and etcher born in Portsmouth, Ohio in 1904. The painting is located at the post office in Portsmouth, Ohio in Scioto County. Photographed by Connie Girard in 1988.
The photo is from the Ohio Post Office Artwork Collection, AV 48. The collection represents thirty murals or plaster reliefs installed in twenty-five Ohio post offices between 1937 and 1943. In 1988, Connie Girard photographed the artwork. Photos were published in the article “Not By Bread Alone, Post Office Art of the New Deal.” Timeline. June-July 1989, p. 2-19 by Gerald Markowitz and Marlene Park.
In 1932, when Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected President he promised Americans a "New Deal" and created public works programs to provide jobs for the millions of unemployed people, including artists. Ten thousand unknown and established artists were commissioned by the government to create murals, paintings, photographs, posters, prints and sculpture. The goal was not only to employ artists, but also to bring fine art into the daily lives of all people.
The Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) was funded for six months in 1933 – 1934. The PWAP was succeeded by the Treasury Department’s Section of Painting and Sculpture. Organized in 1934 the Section of Painting and Sculpture operated until 1943. Under the auspices of this organization sixty-six new Ohio post offices received artwork. The majority of the post offices were located in small towns. Post offices were chosen as a location for artwork because, particularly in small towns, they were centers of community activity. Most of the painted murals or murals in plaster relief created are realistic images reflecting the history, common activities or major industries of the communities in which the post offices are located. View on Ohio Memory.
: av48_b2_f22_01 Subjects
: Post office stations and branches--Ohio--Photographs; Public art--Ohio--Photographs; Public Works of Art Project (United States); New Deal art Places
: Portsmouth (Ohio); Scioto County (Ohio)
"Picha ya ""Mashimo ya Mitaa ya Portsmouth"" iliyochorwa na Clarence H. Carter" Carter alikuwa mchoraji, mtengenezaji na mchoraji wa picha wa Marekani aliyezaliwa Portsmouth, Ohio mwaka 1904. Mchoro huo uko katika ofisi ya posta huko Portsmouth, Ohio katika Kaunti ya Scioto. Picha ya Connie Girard Picha hii ni kutoka Ohio Post Office Artwork Collection, AV 48. Mkusanyiko huo unawakilisha michoro thelathini ya ukutani au michoro ya plaster iliyowekwa katika ofisi ishirini na tano za posta za Ohio kati ya 1937 na 1943. Mwaka 1988, Connie Girard alichukua picha ya kazi hiyo ya sanaa. Picha zilichapishwa katika makala <unk>Not By Bread Alone, Post Office Art of the New Deal.<unk> Timeline. "Juni-Juli 1989, p. 2-19 na Gerald Markowitz na Marlene Park.""" "Katika mwaka 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt alipochaguliwa kuwa Rais, aliwaahidi Wamarekani ""Mkataba Mpya"" na kuunda programu za kazi za umma ili kutoa kazi kwa mamilioni ya watu wasio na kazi, ikiwa ni pamoja na wasanii." Waandishi wa sanaa 10,000 waliochaguliwa na serikali iliunda michoro, michoro, picha, mabango, michoro na sanamu. Lengo lilikuwa si tu kuajiri wasanii, bali pia kuleta sanaa nzuri katika maisha ya kila siku ya watu wote. Mradi wa Kazi za Umma za Sanaa (PWAP) ulifadhiliwa kwa miezi sita mnamo 1933. PWAP ilifuatwa na Idara ya Hazina ya Idara ya Uchoraji na Sanamu. Mwaka 1934 ilifunguliwa na kuanzishwa kwa idara ya uchoraji na uchongaji, ambayo iliendelea hadi mwaka 1943. Chini ya uangalizi wa shirika hili ofisi 66 mpya za posta za Ohio zilipokea kazi za sanaa. Ofisi nyingi za posta zilikuwa katika miji midogo. Ofisi za posta zilichaguliwa kuwa mahali pa kuchora sanaa kwa sababu, hasa katika miji midogo, zilikuwa vituo vya utendaji wa jumuiya. Picha nyingi zilizochorwa au picha za ukutani zilizotengenezwa kwa plaster relief ni picha halisi zinazoonyesha historia, shughuli za kawaida au viwanda vikubwa vya jamii ambazo ofisi za posta ziko. Mtazamo juu ya Ohio Memory. "Mfano: ""Public Works of Art"" (Mashirika ya Sanaa ya Marekani) na ""New Deal"" (New Deal) na ""Public Works of Art"" (Mashirika ya Sanaa ya Marekani) na ""Public Works of Art"" (Mashirika ya Sanaa ya Marekani) na ""Public Works of Art"" (Mashirika ya Sanaa ya Marekani) na ""Public Works of Art"" (Mashirika ya Sanaa ya Marekani)."