Next Stop, The Anchorage Old Federal Building

https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/federal-building-mural-anchorage-ak/

Alaska » Anchorage

FEDERAL BUILDING MURAL – ANCHORAGE AK

Alaskan Landscape

Project type: Art, Murals

New Deal Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed: 1942

Artists: Arthur Kerrick

DESCRIPTION

“The most significant interior space is the original federal district courtroom on the first floor. This room retains its original stained walnut wainscot and benches, and features an oil-on-canvas mural titled ‘Alaskan Landscape’ behind the judge’s bench. The mural was the work of Arthur Kerrick, who secured a Works Progress Administration commission in 1942. The oil-on-canvas painting was not, however, installed until the 1950s. Five murals were planned for the courtroom, but only the Kerrick mural was completed and installed. Art conservator Peter Malarkey restored the mural in 1993.”

(www.gsa.gov)