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Maury County Landscape
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Maury County Landscape

Artist
Year1942
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions6' x 16'9"
Credits Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934 - 1943
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • This mural, illustrates the role of agriculture and industry in the development of Maury County.  Maury County was among the leading agricultural regions of Tennessee during the 19th century, represented by tobacco farmers. By the 1890s much of the farmland has been depleted of its natural fertility.  The region turned to mining of phosphate ore until the 1980s.  The power structure refers to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) that was established through the 1939 Tennessee Valley Authority Act.