RICHARD HAINES
Biographical Information
After growing up on an Iowa farm and working for several years as a designer at a greeting card company, Haines (1906-1984) became interested in mural painting while taking courses at the Minneapolis School of Art. In 1933 he won the Vanderlip Traveling Scholarship to the Ecole des Beaux Arts at Fountainebleau in France. Shortly after his return he became involved in New Deal art projects, winning nine mural commissions (primarily for post offices) from the Treasury Department's Section of Painting and Sculpture between 1935 and 1941. He did post office murals in Berwyn, Illinois, Cresco, Iowa, Wichita, Kansas, Hastings, Minnesota, Clinton, Missouri, and Shelton, Washington. He and his wife moved to Los Angeles in 1941. In 1952 he was among nine artists selected to paint murals for the renowned Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. From 1954-1974 he was the head of the painting department at Otis Art Institute.
Mural Credits
Abstract Geometric (Untitled)
Celebration of our Homeland (photo)
Government Of, By and For the People
History of Music (Untitled) (photo)
Science and Humanities
Symbols of the Sciences (Untitled)
Temple Beth Hillel Mural (Untitled)
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