Eldora Lorenzini
Eldora Lorenzini (1910–1993) was an American painter, known for her New Deal mural in the Hebron, Nebraska Post Office. She also worked for the Index of American Design.
Also recorded as Eldora P. Lorenzini · Eldora Pauline Lorenzini
Eldora Lorenzini
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- Name
- Eldora Lorenzini
- Born
- 1910
- Birthplace
- Weldona, Colorado
- Died
- 1993
- Place of death
- Alliance, Nebraska
- Education
- Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
- Field
- painting
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- designer · muralist · painter · printmaker
- Languages
- English
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Eldora Lorenzini (1910–1993) was an American painter, known for her New Deal mural in the Hebron, Nebraska Post Office. She also worked for the Index of American Design.
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• Name — Eldora Lorenzini • Born — 1910 • Birthplace — Weldona, Colorado • Died — 1993 • Place of death — Alliance, Nebraska • Education — Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center • Field — painting
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Lorenzini was born in 1910 in Weldona, Colorado. She attended the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Lorenzini was made aware of the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) by one of her teachers, George Biddle. She subsequently submitted her entry for a mural and was selected for the US Post Office-Hebron. Her oil on canvas mural entitled Stampeding Buffaloes Stopping Train was completed in 1939. She was paid $670.00 for her work. • Illustration — Stampeding Buffaloes Stopping Train Lorenzini never married. She worked as an art teacher, illustrator, muralist and portrait painter. She died in Alliance, Nebraska in 1993. Her work for the Index of American Design is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Eldora Lorenzini, Eldora P. Lorenzini, Bulto (Penitente Nazarine Christ), 1939
Eldora P. Lorenzini · This file was donated to Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the National Gallery of Art. Please see the Gallery's Open Access Policy.
Eldora Lorenzini, Eldora P. Lorenzini, Bulto (San Acacio), 1938
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- 1.Eldora Pauline Lorenzini. Museum of Nebraska Art. 20 March 2017.
- 2.Post Office Mural - Hebron NE. Living New Deal.
- 3.Stampeding Buffaloes Stopping Train. National Postal Museum.
- 4.Carol Ahlgren. accompanying pictures. National Park Service. August 1991.
- 5.Artist: Eldora Lorenzini. New Deal Art Registry.
- 6.Eldora P. Lorenzini. National Gallery of Art.
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