Richard Haines (born Marion, Iowa, December 29, 1906, died, Los Angeles, California October 9, 1984) was an American New Deal muralist.University of Central Arkansas.
Arkansas Post Office Murals
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Murals

Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the

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through the

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, later called the

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, of the Treasury Department. Haines was commissioned to paint an oil-on-canvas mural for the

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post office In 1942, and the

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post office. ''Arrival of the Fall Catalogue'' was completed in 1938. He also painted a fresco mural in the

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High School building in 1938.

Death

Richard Haines died in 1984 in Los Angeles, California.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haines, Richard 1906 births 1984 deaths Artists from Iowa American muralists Section of Painting and Sculpture artists