Connecticut WPA Art

 Matulis, John G. (1911-2000)John Matulis was born in New Britain, Connecticut in 1911. He attended public schools and graduated from the Hartford Art School in 1933. He then worked for the WPA Federal Arts Project from 1936 to 1940. According to his obituary, Matulis completed 55 color plates for the Index of American Design, but his work card shows that he completed only 47 c...

Holden, Raymond J. (1901-1993)Raymond Holden was born in Wrentham, Massachusetts in 1901. In 1923 he graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design. In 1937, he moved to Sterling where he resided for most of the rest of his life. He was a member of the American Institute of Graphic Artists. Holden provided illustrations for ten books, and he created Christmas card designs for...

Hunter, Frank (?)Little is known about Frank Hunter except that he painted an oil mural for the WPA from February to May in 1936, and that it was hung in the Myrtle Beach Fire House in Milford, Connecticut. Source: WPA Artist’s Work Card.Works of Art Listed in CT Archives' database from Frank Hunter:Map of Old Milford:oilHunter, Frank

Gaylord, Marion (?)All that is known about Marion Gaylord is that she painted detail of a Bed Valance owned by the New Milford Historical Society for The Index of American Design.Source: Erwin O. Christensen, The Index of American Design, (Smithsonian Institution, 1950), p. 203.Works of Art Listed in CT Archives' database from Marion Gaylord:Gaylord, Marion

DiGennero, Edward (?)The only evidence that this artist worked on the FAP comes from The Index of American Design by Erwin O. Christensen. On page 201, Edward DiGennero is listed as working on the “Connecticut Project.” Nothing else is known about this artist.Source: Erwin O. Christensen, The Index of American Design (National Gallery of Art, 1950)Works of Art Listed in CT Arch...

Dunkle, Murna (1890-1974)Little is known about this artist except that she worked for the WPA in 1940-1941and lived in Lime Rock, Connecticut. Dunkle worked on a medium called “transurface” and completed seventeen works in it. Sources: WPA Artist’s Work Card; Social Security Death IndexWorks of Art Listed in CT Archives' database from Murna Dunkle:Old Barns- New Roofs:transurfa...

Elliott, Martha (?)Little is known about Martha Elliott. At the time she worked for the WPA she was living in New Haven, Connecticut. A newsletter by the WPA for the Federal Arts Project stated that she was “formerly a designer for the Hooked Project” before being “transferred to the Index of American Design.” The newsletter reported that she was assisting “in the office work f...

Flynn, Lawrence (1900-1971?)Lawrence Flynn was born in 1900 in New Haven, Connecticut. He attended the city’s public schools and studied art at the Art Students’ League in New York and anatomy under Bridgeman. He worked in art studios in New York and New Haven. From 1936 to 1939 he completed several color plates for the WPA for the Index of American Design. Flynn died in 1971. ...

Galvin, Robert (1909-?)Robert Galvin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on February 5, 1909. He attended Berea College in Kentucky, where he worked at the college print shop. In 1929 he moved to New Haven, Connecticut to attend the Yale School of Fine Arts. After three and a half years he left the Art School to pursue his interest in graphic design. Under the Treasury Relief Art Prog...

Gerbi, Enrico (?)All that is known about Enrico Gerbi is a time card dated January 4, 1936. He finished a large drawing which may have been a tracing for a mural and a “portrayal” of the sculpture Dignity.Works of Art Listed in CT Archives' database from Enrico Gerbi:Gerbi, Enrico