Eldora Lorenzini
Eldora Lorenzini | |
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Born | 1910 |
Died | 1993 (aged 82–83) |
Nationality | American |
Known for | painting |
Eldora Lorenzini (1910–1993) was an American painter, known for her New Deal mural in the Hebron, Nebraska Post Office.[1] She also worked for the Index of American Design.
Biography
[edit]Lorenzini was born in 1910 in Weldona, Colorado.[1] She attended the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.[2] Lorenzini was made aware of the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) by one of her teachers, George Biddle. She subsequently submitted her entry for a mural and was selected for the US Post Office-Hebron.[3] Her oil on canvas mural entitled Stampeding Buffaloes Stopping Train was completed in 1939.[4][5] She was paid $670.00 for her work.[2]
Lorenzini never married. She worked as an art teacher, illustrator, muralist and portrait painter. She died in Alliance, Nebraska in 1993.[1]
Her work for the Index of American Design is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Eldora Pauline Lorenzini". Museum of Nebraska Art. 20 March 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
- ^ a b "Post Office Mural - Hebron NE". Living New Deal. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Stampeding Buffaloes Stopping Train". National Postal Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ Carol Ahlgren (August 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: US Post Office--Hebron". National Park Service. Retrieved May 13, 2019. With accompanying pictures
- ^ "Artist: Eldora Lorenzini". New Deal Art Registry. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Eldora P. Lorenzini". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved May 13, 2019.