Eureka Post Office

Eureka Post Office

301 North Oak Street

Mural

"Cattle Roundup"

1938

Artist

Vance Kirkland:

1904-1981

Born in Convoy, Ohio in 1904. Attended the Cleveland School of Art, Cleveland, Ohio. On June 1, 1928, he received a diploma in painting and a Bachelor of Education in Art degree. Served at the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado; Curator of American and European Art (various times and 1953-58), Honorary Curator of Contemporary Art (1958-65); also member of the Board of Trustees (January 1944-56), Chairman of the Accessions Committee, 1943-53 (appointed member 1942), member of the Exhibition Committee (starting April, 1944), Honorary Curator of Painting and Sculpture (1955-58).

In 1969, Appointed Professor of Art Emeritus, University of Denver. He later left the University of Denver.