Paul Faulkner
Paul W. Faulkner (April 2, 1913 – January 5, 1997) was an American artist.
Early life
[edit]Born in North Platte, Nebraska,[1] Faulkner received a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska and a master's degree from the Chicago Art Institute.[2]
Career
[edit]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.[3]
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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.[4] In 1943 he painted the a mural "Farm Scene" at the Clarion, Iowa post office.[5]
Faulkner lived in Uncasville, Connecticut and died in Montville, Connecticut.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Mecklenburg, Virginia McCord (1979). The Public as Patron: A History of the Treasury Department Mural Program. College Park: University of Maryland. p. 61.
- ^ a b "Paul Faulkner". The Day (New London, Conn.). Jan 6, 1997. p. B4. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ^ "Search Collections: Faulkner, Paul". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 10 December 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Marling, Karal Ann (2000). Wall-to-wall America: Post Office Murals in the Great Depression. St. Paul: University of Minnesota Press. p. 206.
- ^ "Post Office Mural – Clarion IA". The Living New Deal (University of California, Berkeley). Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- 1913 births
- 1997 deaths
- People from Montville, Connecticut
- People from North Platte, Nebraska
- Artists from Milwaukee
- University of Nebraska alumni
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni
- Painters from Connecticut
- Artists from Nebraska
- Painters from Nebraska
- Painters from Wisconsin
- Fresco painters
- 20th-century American painters
- American male painters
- American muralists
- Smithsonian Institution people
- People of the New Deal arts projects
- 20th-century American male artists
- American painter, 20th-century birth stubs