Eldora Lorenzini

Eldora Lorenzini
Born	1910 (1910) Weldona, Colorado
Died	1993 (aged 82–83) Alliance, Nebraska
Nationality	American
Known for	painting

Eldora Lorenzini (1910–1993) was an American painter, known for her New Deal mural in the Hebron, Nebraska Post Office.[1] She also worked for the Index of American Design.

Biography

Lorenzini was born in 1910 in Weldona, Colorado.[1] She attended the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.[2] Lorenzini was made aware of the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP) by one of her teachers, George Biddle. She subsequently submitted her entry for a mural and was selected for the US Post Office-Hebron.[3] Her oil on canvas mural entitled Stampeding Buffaloes Stopping Train was completed in 1939.[4][5] She was paid $670.00 for her work.[2]

Lorenzini never married. She worked as an art teacher, illustrator, muralist and portrait painter. She died in Alliance, Nebraska in 1993.[1]

Her work for the Index of American Design is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.[6]

References

1. "Eldora Pauline Lorenzini". Museum of Nebraska Art. 20 March 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2019.
2. "Post Office Mural - Hebron NE". Living New Deal. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
3. "Stampeding Buffaloes Stopping Train". National Postal Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
4. Carol Ahlgren (August 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: US Post Office--Hebron". National Park Service. Retrieved May 13, 2019. With accompanying pictures
5. "Artist: Eldora Lorenzini". New Deal Art Registry. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
6. "Eldora P. Lorenzini". National Gallery of Art. Retrieved May 13, 2019.