www.mural.ch: werke

dieser beitrag wurde verfasst in: englisch (eng/en)

künstler: Joe Jones

titel: Turning a Corner

jahr: 1939

adresse: Post Office, 121 W. Steadman St., Anthony KS, USA

+: Treasury Section of Fine Arts funded

«It seems to have been [Edward] Rowan who pushed him [Joe Jones] towards using the wheat theme in his murals, since for his first assignment at Magnolia, Arkansas, Jones suggested other subjects. However, Jones did not see post office decorations just as jobs, and in preparing for the mural at Anthony, Kansas, he enthusiastically researched local conditions, living with wheat farmers and climbing over combine harvesters with a miniature camera. According to the post master, the installed mural was 'regarded very highly by a good many of our people here.'» (from: Hemingway, 2002)