<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3zt551_0wBz7eK100" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3zt551_0wBz7eK100" width="1632" height="1224" >City: Chicago, ILSite Type:Art Works, MuralsNew Deal Agencies:Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)Completed:Artist:Quality of Information:Site Survival:<h2>Description</h2>The Uptown Post Office contains two murals, “Carl Sandburg” and “Louis Sullivan” by Henry Varnum Poor. These are significant murals that celebrate both agriculture and poetry (Uptown PO Chicago). Poor completed the murals in 1943At the time the murals were created, Poor was an established artist – one of the few non-relief artists who was allowed on the project because many unemployed craftsmen could be put to work executing his designs. His notability also gave the projects an air of respectability (Bernstein).Poor, who was born in Chapman, Kansas, studied art at Stanford University and later spent time in London under Walter Sickert and in Paris at the Académie Julian (Henry Varnum Poor Papers). Although primarily known for his paintings, after the stock market crash of 1929 he focused on ceramics and murals (Uptown Chicago Resources).One mural displays iron-workers beside Louis Sullivan who is holding the Carson Pirie Scott &amp; Co. building in his hands. The other mural displays farmers and Carl Sandburg with a guitar and the legend “From the sun and the fruits of the black soil poetry and song sprang” (Leroux).These murals depicting farming and art as well as factory work and commerce are one of many spread throughout the city of Chicago (Sawyers). <h2>Source notes</h2>Henry Varnum Poor papers, 1873-2001, bulk 1904-1970. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.Leroux, C. (1982, Feb 17). Tempo. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current File). Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/172585822?accountid=10231Bernstein, B. (1973, Dec 02). Federal art: Not gone, Chicago Tribune (1963-Current File). Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/171056058?accountid=10231Osgood, Charles. Mural in Uptown Station. (1982, Feb 17). Tempo. Chicago TribuneJohnson, Bo. Murals in Uptown Station. (2013, Dec 9). JPEG File.Sawyers, J. (1988, Sep 02). Art. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current File). Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/890411244?accountid=10231"Uptown PO Chicago." Easybib.com. WpaMurals.com, n.d. Web. <http: www.wpamurals.org uptown.htm>.</http:>“Uptown Chicago Resources." Compassrose.org. Compass Rose Cultural Crossroads, 2005. Web. 9 Dec. 2013. <https: www.compassrose.org uptown uptown-post-office.html>.</https:>Site originally submitted by Bo Johnson on March 10, 2014.<h2>Location Info</h2>4850 North Broadway StreetChicago, IL 60640Cook CountyCoordinates: 41.97049, -87.65997<h2>At this Location:</h2><h2>Contribute to this Site</h2>We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal site.</div></body>

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Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA) The Uptown Post Office contains two murals, “Carl Sandburg” and “Louis Sullivan” by Henry Varnum Poor. These are significant murals that celebrate both agriculture and poetry (Uptown PO Chicago). Poor completed the murals in 1943. At the time the...