A New Deal Winter & Christmas: "Mountains in the Snow"

Above: "Mountains in the Snow," an oil painting by Jenne Magafan (1916-1952) and her twin sister Ethel Magafan (1916-1993). The painting is in room 5051 of the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building (originally the Social Security Administration Building), and the General Services Administration describes it as "a quiet, idyllic scene of stately trees, vast plains, and soaring mountain peaks. In the lower right portion of the mural, two horses pull a large wagon heaped with hay, atop which sits a red-shirted farmer. Traveling behind tall, barren trees, the horses’ path leads to the middle distance, where a herd of grazing cattle awaits their bounty. Beyond this, the land swells into a range of mountains, covered in places by delicately rendered evergreens, brown and yellow vegetation, and snow." Image courtesy of the General Services Administration and Olin Conservation, Inc.