Richard Haines (born Marion, Iowa, December 29, 1906, died, Los Angeles, California October 9, 1984) was an American New Deal muralist.University of Central Arkansas.
Arkansas Post Office Murals
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Murals

Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the

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through the

Section of Painting and Sculpture The Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture was a New Deal art project established on October 16, 1934, and administered by the Procurement Division of the United States Department of the Treasury. Commonly known as the Section, it was rena ...

, later called the

Section of Fine Arts The Treasury Section of Painting and Sculpture was a New Deal art project established on October 16, 1934, and administered by the Procurement Division of the United States Department of the Treasury. Commonly known as the Section, it was rena ...

, of the Treasury Department. Haines was commissioned to paint an oil-on-canvas mural for the

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post office In 1942, and the

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post office. ''Arrival of the Fall Catalogue'' was completed in 1938. He also painted a fresco mural in the

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High School building in 1938.

Death

Richard Haines died in 1984 in Los Angeles, California.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haines, Richard 1906 births 1984 deaths People from Iowa American muralists Section of Painting and Sculpture artists