Edward Laning Return to All Artists
"Gutenberg Showing a Proof to the Elector of Mainz"
 
"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"
 
"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"
 
"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"
 
"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"
 
"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"
 
"The Long Hunters Discover Daniel Boone"
1942
Williams H. Natcher US Courthouse
Mural
Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts
Location: Lobby
"The Medieval Scribe"
 
"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"
 
"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"
 
"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"
 
"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