Reva Jackman (January 16, 1886 – November 1985) was an American painter, muralist, printmaker, designer and illustrator born in Wichita, Kansas. She studied at the School of the

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with Wellington J. Reynolds and in Paris with

André Lhote André Lhote (5 July 1885 – 24 January 1962) was a French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life. He was also active and influential as a teacher and writer on art. Early life and education Lhote was born ...

and

Frank Armington Frank Armington (1876–1941) was a Canadian-born and raised artist who lived most of his adult life in France. Biography Frank Armington was born in Fordwich, Ontario on July 28, 1876. Armington studied art in Ontario from 1892 until 1899. ...

She was an artist with the Federal Art Project and painted

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; notable works include ''Trek of the Covered Wagon to Indiana'' in the post office in

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and ''Pioneer Home in Bushnell'' in Bushnell, Illinois.Carlisle, John C., "A Simple and Vital Design: The Story of the Indiana Post Office Murals", Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1995 pp. 13-14

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1880s births 1985 deaths American women painters Modern painters School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni American muralists 20th-century American painters Artists from Wichita, Kansas Section of Painting and Sculpture artists 20th-century American women artists Women muralists Federal Art Project artists Date of death missing Place of death missing {{US-painter-1890s-stub