William E. L. Bunn (1910-2009) was an American artist. He was born in 1910 in Muscatine, Iowa. He studied with

Grant Wood Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 February 12, 1942) was an American painter and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He is particularly well known for '' American Gothic'' (193 ...

, and received bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Iowa. During the 1930s, he received commissions for post office murals throughout the Midwest, awarded by the Section of Painting and Sculpture. Works include: *Mural at the Minden United States Post Office (

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-listed) completed in 1939. *Mural at United States Post Office and Courthouse ( Dubuque, Iowa) (NRHP-listed contributing building) *Mural at the Hickman, Kentucky, post office, NRHP-listed contributing building in Old Hickman Historic District, Hickman, Kentucky *Mural at the

Hamburg, Iowa Hamburg is a city in Fremont County, Iowa, United States, that is the most southwestern city in Iowa, hugging the borders of Missouri to the south and Nebraska to the west. It is situated between the Nishnabotna and Missouri rivers. The populat ...

post office

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20th-century American painters 1910 births 2009 deaths People from Muscatine, Iowa American male painters 20th-century American male artists Painters from Iowa University of Iowa alumni Federal Art Project artists {{US-painter-1910s-stub

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