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Pioneer Homebuilders by Peter Hurd
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of Page Conservation, Inc.
Pioneer Homebuilders
Photo CreditPhoto courtesy of Page Conservation, Inc.

Pioneer Homebuilders

Artist
Year1940
Classification painting
Medium fresco
Dimensions100 x 236 in. (254 x 599.4 cm)
Credits Commissioned through the Section of Fine Arts, 1934 - 1943
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • Overall theme is Progress: Rural Delivery to Air Mail. Signed "Hurd" on design area of the leather trunk on the lower right. A pioneer home family is building a log cabin in a landscape dotted with mesquite trees, similar to those seen just south of Grand Prairie, located between Fort Worth and Dallas, and the Trinity River.