Murals 1929 John T. Robertson, Omaha Oil on board 33 x 15.5 framed 743p-076   1933 John T. Robertson, Omaha Oil on board 33 x 16 framed 743p-077 These are two murals proposed by John T. Robertson of Omaha that weren't accepted for the Nebraska PWAP. Here Robertson offers a romanticized view of 1929 contrasted against a very sober image of 1933.       Cycle of Life Sarah Green, Lincoln Watercolor on board 32.5 x 35.5 framed 743p-157 This image is the work of Sarah Green, granddaughter of early Nebraska Indian agent A. L. Green. It is a study for a mural that hung in the Lincoln courthouse. Green studied at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Federal Art School in Minneapolis. Her watercolor painting Winter Blizzard was the only painting from Nebraska accepted for the Civil Works Administration art exhibit in Washington.

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All artwork in this exhibit is Courtesy of the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration Commissioned through the New Deal art projects.