Edward Laning Return to All Artists
"Gutenberg Showing a Proof to the Elector of Mainz"
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
 
"Gutenberg Showing a Proof to the Elector of Mainz"
1942
New York Public Library
Mural, oil on canvas
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: 3rd floor--vestibule of Catalog Room
"Learning to Read"
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
 
"Learning to Read"
1942
New York Public Library
Mural, oil on canvas
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: 3rd floor, over door to Room 315
"Moses with the Tablet of Law"
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
 
"Moses with the Tablet of Law"
1942
New York Public Library
Mural, oil on canvas
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: 3rd floor--vestibule of Catalog Room
"Prometheus Bringing Fire to Man"
Photo (detail): John Tibbetts
 
"Prometheus Bringing Fire to Man"
1942
New York Public Library
Mural, oil on canvas
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: 3rd floor ceiling
"The Linotype-Merganthaler and Whitelaw Reid"
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
 
"The Linotype-Merganthaler and Whitelaw Reid"
1942
New York Public Library
Mural, oil on canvas
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: 3rd floor--vestibule of Catalog Room
"The Long Hunters Discover Daniel Boone"
Used with permission of the United States Postal ServiceĀ©. All rights reserved.
Photo (detail): Jimmy Emerson, DVM
 
"The Long Hunters Discover Daniel Boone"
1942
Williams H. Natcher US Courthouse
Mural
Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts
Location: Lobby
"The Medieval Scribe"
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
 
"The Medieval Scribe"
1942
New York Public Library
Mural, oil on canvas
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: 3rd floor--vestibule of Catalog Room
"The Post as Connecting Thread in Human Life"
Photo (detail): Jimmy Emerson DVM
 
"The Post as Connecting Thread in Human Life"
1937
Richmond County Administration Building
Mural, oil on canvas
triptych
Program: Unknown
Location: entrance
"The Role of the Immigrant in the Industrial Development of America"
Photo (detail): Douglas C. Palmer
 
"The Role of the Immigrant in the Industrial Development of America"
1935
Theodore Roosevelt Federal Courthouse
Mural, oil on canvas
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: Ceremonial Courtroom
This mural was painted for the dining room at Ellis Island. It was severely damaged in the 1950s when a storm blew the roof off of the building. Pieces of it have been restored and hung in the Brooklyn courthouse.
"The Student"
Photo (detail): Barbara Bernstein
 
"The Student"
1942
New York Public Library
Mural, oil on canvas
Program: WPA Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP)
Location: 3rd floor, over door to Room 316