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Charles Trumbo Henry

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Study for Northern Georgia, Henry's post office mural in Cornelia, Georgia

Charles Trumbo Henry (1902–1964) was an American artist.[1] His mural Northern Georgia (1939), an oil on canvas, was painted for the United States Post Office in Cornelia, Georgia, in a Treasury Department art program.[2] He was born in Niagara Falls, New York.[3] His works are held in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery in Washington D.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Whitney Museum of American Art.[1]

Works

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Aspects of the American Industrial Scene (1937), Treasury Relief Art Project mural study for the Department of Labor Building, Washington, D.C.
  • Aspects of the American Industrial Scene, a mural study for U.S. Department of Labor (1937) tempera on paperboard. At the Smithsonian American Art Museum after transfer from the General Services Administration[5]
  • Coal Yard and River[1]
  • Construction, Power, and Transportation (1938) at U.S. Customs and Immigration (formerly Department of Labor)[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Charles Trumbo Henry". askArt.
  2. ^ "New Deal/WPA Art in Cornelia, Georgia". Archived from the original on 31 October 2005. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Charles Trumbo Henry". Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  4. ^ "Landscape (mural study, Cornelia, Georgia Post Office)". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Aspects of the American Industrial Scene (mural study for U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.)". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Guide to Local, 1930s-related Public Art". George Mason University. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2014-02-05.