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Dogwood and Azalea by Paul Rohland
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography
Dogwood and Azalea
Photo CreditCarol M. Highsmith Photography

Dogwood and Azalea

Artist
Year1938
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions59 x 130 in. (149.9 x 330.2 cm)
Credits New Deal Art Program
Location
  • Commissioned through the Fine Arts Section of the Work Progress Administration, the painting displays the beauty of a spring landscape in Georgia. Flowering azaleas are framed by overhanging dogwood branches, flowering vines, and ferns.   The work was installed in 1938.  Originally commissioned for the Decatur, Georgia Post Office and is now installed in the R.B. Russell Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse.