Paul Faulkner
Faulkner (April 2, 1913 – January 5, 1997) was an American artist.
Also recorded as Paul B. Faulkner · Paul W. Faulkner
Paul Faulkner
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- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 1997
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago · University of Nebraska system
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Born in North Platte, Nebraska, Faulkner received a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska and a master's degree from the Chicago Art Institute.
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Faulkner was an instructor at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and at the Norwich Free Academy in Norwich, Connecticut. He also worked at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. • Illustration — "Winter Sports" in the Kewaunee, Wisconsin post office Faulkner painted post office murals as part of the New Deal. In 1940 he painted the fresco Winter Sports at the post office in Kewaunee, Wisconsin. It was based on an earlier design of his, with a local factory added to indicate its location. In 1943 he painted the a mural "Farm Scene" at the Clarion, Iowa post office. Faulkner lived in Uncasville, Connecticut and died in Montville, Connecticut.
Paul Faulkner, Winter Sports (mural study, Kewaunee, Wisconsin Post Office) SAAM-1974.28.346 1
Paul Faulkner
The mural "Winter Sports", painted by Paul Faulkner in 1940 in the Kewaunee Post Office; one of many post office murals.
Paul Faulkner, photo taken by Rauglothgor, cropped and stretched by User:Epiphyllumlover · File:Inside the Kewaunee Post Office.jpg
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- 1.Mecklenburg, Virginia McCord. The Public as Patron: A History of the Treasury Department Mural Program. University of Maryland. 61. 1979.
- 2.Paul Faulkner. The Day (New London, Conn.). B4. Jan 6, 1997.
- 3.Search Collections: Faulkner, Paul. Smithsonian American Art Museum. May 2020.
- 4.Marling, Karal Ann. Wall-to-wall America: Post Office Murals in the Great Depression. University of Minnesota Press. 206. 2000.
- 5.Post Office Mural – Clarion IA. The Living New Deal (University of California, Berkeley).
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