George Snow Hill

Hill was born in Munising, Michigan in 1898. He studied naval engineering and architecture at Lehigh University from 1917 until 1918, before graduating with a bachelor's degree in 1923 from Syracuse University where he met his wife Polly Knipp Hill. They studied in Paris together in the 1920s and were married there. She did etchings. Hill went to Paris on a fellowship at the Académie Colarossi and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, and had a studio in the city. Hill's works include the mural Long Staple Cotton in the Madison, Florida post office, commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts, and completed in 1937. He signed his paintings G.S. Hill. ==Controversial and lost work==

Hill's style has been compared to that of Thomas Hart Benton, who was New Deal muralist Hill's figures, like those in the Mannerist style, are elongated. His scenes include action. ==Personal life==

George Snow Hill was married to Polly Knipp Hill, with whom he had a son named George Jr. His wife died in 1990. ==Work==

• Paintings for the Ferargil Galleries in New York City in 1927 and 1929 • Paintings for the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse, New York, 1927–32 • Painting at the J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky, 1928 • Pinellas County Courthouse/Clearwater Municipal Auditorium in Clearwater, Florida, 1934 • Coast Guard Station murals in St. Petersburg, Florida, 1937 • U.S. post office murals in Perry, Florida, 1940 • Mural of the St. John River Hill painted this oil on canvas mural for the Treasury Section of Fine Arts in 1938. The panel honors the mostly African American laborers who contributed to the local lumber industry. It has since been restored. • Murals for 1939 New York World's Fair • Building the Tamiami Trail painting in the Wolfsonian Institute's permanent collection in Miami, Florida • Mural studies for the St. Louis post office competition, ca. 1939 • Garden Cafeteria fresco mural of Florida flora and fauna, St. Petersburg (destroyed in August 2012 when the building was demolished) • Long Staple Cotton Gin for the Madison, Florida post office • Fishing at the Pier and Picnicking at Pass-a-Grille for St. Petersburg City Hall. The murals were commissioned by Mayor Walfred Lindstrom and the St. Petersburg City Council in 1940 under a federal art project of the WPA, but World War II terminated the project. Hill, however, continued to work on the murals at his own expense and donated them to the City when he was finished. • Stained glass window at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, 34th Street South in St. Petersburg, Florida ==References==