With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Frank Rutkoski
Painting/Drawing
1905 – 2000
WPA
- Biography/Description of Work
Of three WPA murals installed in the New Britain High School and entitled ‘American Industry’ (1941) at least one was painted by Frank Rutkoski . Little is known about the artist. The high school has been rehabbed into Senior Citizen Housing and the murals are preserved in the library.
- Sources view
- WPA Art Inventory Project, CT State Library [ http://wpa.cslib.org/index.php/550/rutkoski-frank/ ] WPA Murals web site. [ http://www.wpamurals.com/newbritn.htm ] Blomstrann, Lois. The Great Depression, the WPA and the FAP, New Britain Industiral Museum Quarterly, Vol IX, No. 2. accessed at [ http://www.wpamurals.com/newbritn.pdf ]
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