Neodesha Post Office

Mural

"Neodesha's First Inhabitants"

Located on the north wall of the post office

1938

Artist

1907-1980

Born in Neodesha, Kansas and graduated from Neodesha High School in approximately 1925. He studied at the Kansas City Art Institute and with Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League in New York. He died in 1980 in his favorite city of Woodstock, New York.

Studied in Kansas with Thomas Hart Benton and B. Robinson. In addition he studied at the Los Angeles Art Student’s League, the Colorado Springs Art Academy and the New York Art Student’s League. He was a member of the American Artists Congress. His work received medals in the Kansas City Art Institute Mid-Western Exhibition. He was a WPA muralist from 1934 to 1941. He was also a field art instructor for the Department of Agriculture Resettlement Administration and did work for the United States Post Office.