The following is a list of all the artists that created murals in Illinois post offices during the New Deal. As I’ve been doing my research I felt it might be helpful for others so I decided to write-up an article with my findings.

If you ever visit the National Archives in Washington DC, then you may notice this comes in handy. Some of the records and files are organized by state. Other records are organized by the name of the artists.

I found it useful to have a listing of both. So here it is.

Illinois Post Office Mural Artist

1. Abingdon, Illinois – Newell Hillis Arnold
2. Berwyn, Illinois – Richard Haines
3. Brookfield, Illinois – Edouard Chassaing
4. Bushnell, Illinois – Reva Jackman
5. Carlyle, Illinois – Curt Drewes
6. Carmi, Illinois – William Davenport Griffin
7. Carthage, Illinois – Karl Kelpe
8. Chester, Illinois – Fay Elizabeth Davis
9. Chicago, Former Chestnut – Frances Foy
10. Chicago, Former Chestnut – Gustaf Dalstrom
11. Chicago, Kedzie – Peterpaul Ott
12. Chicago, Lakeview – Harry Sternberg
13. Chicago, Logan Square – Hildreth Meiere
14. Chicago, Morgan Park – John Theodore Johnson
15. Chicago, Uptown – Henry Varnum Poor
16. Chillicothe, Illinois – Arthur Herschel Lidov
17. Clinton, Illinois – Aaron Bohrod
18. Decatur, Illinois – Edward Millman
19. Decatur, Illinois – Edgar Britton
20. Decatur, Illinois – Mitchell Siporin
21. Des Plaines, Illinois – James Michael Newell
22. Downers Grove, Illinois – Elizabeth Tracy
23. Dwight, Illinois – Carlos Lopez
24. East Alton, Illinois – Frances Foy
25. East Moline, Illinois – Edgar Britton
26. Eldorado, Illinois – William Samuel Schwartz
27. Elmhurst, Illinois – George Melville Smith
28. Evanston, Illinois – Robert Isaiah Russin
29. Evanston, Illinois – Armin Alfred Scheler
30. Fairfield, Illinois – William Samuel Schwartz
31. Flora, Illinois – William Davenport Griffin
32. Forest Park, Illinois – Miriam McKinnie Hofmeier
33. Galesburg, Illinois – Aaron Board
34. Geneva, Illinois – Manuel Abraham Bromberg
35. Gibson City, Illinois – Frances Foy
36. Gillespie, Illinois – Gustaf Dalstrom
37. Glen Ellyn, Illinois – Daniel Rhodes
38. Hamilton, Illinois – Edmund D. Lewandowski
39. Herrin, Illinois – Gustaf Dalstrom
40. Homewood, Illinois – Maurine Montgomery Gibbs
41. Kankakee, Illinois – Edouard Chassaing
42. Lemont, Illinois – Charles Turzak
43. Lewistown, Illinois – Ida Abelman
44. Madison, Illinois – Alexander Raymond Katz
45. Marseilles, Illinois – Avery Johnson
46. Marshall, Illinois – Miriam McKinnie Hofmeier
47. McLeansboro, Illinois – Dorothea Mierisch
48. Melrose Park, Illinois – Edwin Boyd Johnson
49. Moline, Illinois – Edward Millman
50. Morton, Illinois – Charles Umlauf
51. Mount Carroll, Illinois – Irene Soravia Bianucci
52. Mount Morris, Illinois – Dale Nichols
53. Mount Sterling, Illinois – Henry Bernstein
54. Naperville, Illinois – Rainey Bennett
55. Nashville, Illinois – Zoltan Sepeshy
56. Nokomis, Illinois – Bernard J. Rosenthal
57. Normal, Illinois – Albert Pels
58. Oak Park, Illinois – John Theodore Johnson
59. O’Fallon, Illinois – Merlin F. Pollock
60. Oglesby, Illinois – Fay Elizabeth Davis
61. Oregon, Illinois – David B. Cheskin
62. Park Ridge, Illinois – George Melville Smith
63. Peoria, Illinois – Freeman Schoolcraft
64. Petersburg, Illinois – John Winters
65. Pittsfield, Illinois – William Samuel Schwartz
66. Plano, Illinois – Peterpaul Ott
67. Rock Falls, Illinois – Curt Drewes
68. Rushville, Illinois – Rainey Bennett
69. Salem, Illinois – Walter Vladimir Rousseff
70. Sandwich, Illinois – Marshall Maynard Fredericks
71. Shelbyville, Illinois – Lucia May Wiley
72. Staunton, Illinois – Ralf Christian Henricksen
73. Tuscola, Illinois – Edwin Boyd Johnson
74. Vandalia, Illinois – Aaron Board
75. Virden, Illinois – James Daugherty
76. White Hall, Illinois – Felix Oscar Schlag
77. Wilmette, Illinois – Raymond Breinin
78. Wood River – Roxana, Illinois – Archibald Motley Jr.

Sources

• David W. Gates Jr. on site visits to each location.
• Illinois Post Office Mural Guidebook  by David W. Gates Jr.
• National Archives Records and Administration, College Park Maryland
• Who was who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 years of artist in America, Peter H Falk; Audrey M Lewis, Georgia Kuchen, Veronika Roessler, Madison, CT, Mount View Press. 1999.
• Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover]  Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz