Above: "Sleighing Party," a mural study by Roland Schweinsburg (1898-?), created while he was in the New Deal's Section of Fine Arts, ca. 1938. Very little information about Schweinsburg exists, and it's not even clear when he died (but probably between 1955 and 1963). According to the East Liverpool Historical Society (East Liverpool, Ohio), Schweinsburg lived a trauma-filled life. He may have served during World War I, his 11-year-old son, Roland, Jr., was struck and killed by a car in 1936, he developed a drinking problem which may have cost him his teaching job at the Butler Institute of American Art, and it seems he died alone. Creating and teaching art probably helped him cope with all the stress. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Above: A closer look at the left-hand side of the mural study.
Above: A closer look at the right-hand side of the mural study.
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