The Texas Post Office Murals - Art for the People Volume 14

Walk into any of sixty post offices or federal buildings in the state of Texas and you may be greeted by a surprising sight: magnificent mural art on the lobby walls. In this beautiful volume Philip Parisi has gathered 115 photographs of these stunning and historic works of art. He tells the story of how they came to be, how communities accepted them, and what efforts have been made to preserve them.

About the author

Philip Parisi, who now lives in Logan, Utah, and is a freelance writer and visiting assistant editor of the Western Historical Quarterly, began work on this manuscript while on the staff of the Texas Historical Commission. He directed a project that involved assembling a collection of slides of the extant murals and tracing the history of this WPA project.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Parisi
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781623494889
• ISBN: 978-1-62349-488-9
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 244 mm x 241 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 930 g
• Series: Joe and Betty Moore Texas Art; Joe and Betty Moore Texas Art Series; Joe and Betty Moore Texas Art; Joe and Betty Moore Texas Art Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; ART / History / General, Art & Art Instruction, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General, ART / American / General