West Bend Wisconsin Post Office

ADDRESS: 607 Elm St. West Bend, Wisconsin 53095
ARTIST: Peter Rotier
TITLE: The Rural Mail Carrier
MEDIUM: Oil on canvas (mural)
STATUS: The West Bend Post Office is still active and the mural viewable by the public. It resides in the lobby on the wall above the post- master’s door.
YEAR: 1937

Happy Easter everyone!

I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend. Today’s post office of the day is West Bend, Wisconsin. In August of last year I took a road trip and stopped in to see the artwork. I’m really glad I did as the mural here is quite beautiful. This is also one very large building. I choose to use this picture you see above as it shows the mighty building standing predominately on the corner overlooking the neighborhood across the street and the downtown area off to the left.

I have to say I’m really drawn to the simplicity of the painting and the clean lines. The buildings look almost too perfect and the people in the painting clean and orderly.

What do you like about this painting?

Thanks,

David W. Gates Jr.

Sources

• Personal visit on 8/17/2012 by David W. Gates Jr.
• Wisconsin Post Office Murals by David W. Gates Jr.
• Wisconsin Post Office Mural Guidebook by David W. Gates Jr.
• United States Postal Service
• (affiliate link) Democratic Vistas: Post Offices and Public Art in the New Deal: [Hardcover]  Marlene Park, Gerald E. Markowitz
• National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Reference Number (00001254).
• National Archives Records and Administration Identifier Number (106779631).
• Washington County Insider https://www.washingtoncountyinsider.com/depression-era-2-2/

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