Study for Williamsport, PA Mural
George McNeil
American, 1908 – n 1995

Details
Title
Study for Williamsport, PA Mural
Artist/Maker
George McNeil (American, 1908 – n 1995)
Date
1938
Medium
Oil on board
Dimensions
13 x 31 1/4 inches
Credit
Gift of Jennifer and Terry Weiss in honor of Judy and Washington Falk, III
Accession #
2006.114
On View
Currently not on view
Highly regarded by critics throughout his career, George McNeil complemented his artistic accomplishments with a life-long commitment to teaching. Like many of his contemporaries during the Great Depression, McNeil worked for the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a program that gave unemployed artists an opportunity to provide artwork for non-federal buildings such as libraries and post offices. This striking study for a mural project in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, dates from the period of McNeil’s federal employment. It reveals his keen sense of color and belief that paintings could assume a life of their own.
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