Matthew E. Ziegler
- BORN
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February 4, 1897
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
- DIED
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October 6, 1981
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri
- EDUCATION
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Matthew E. Ziegler was born on February 4, 1897. He had an early interest in art, but didn’t start painting until he was twenty-one. His aunt, Sister Cassiana Marie, was an artist and encouraged him in his work.
In the spring of 1932, Matthew was involved in the founding of the Ste. Genevieve Artists Colony and Summer School of Art. The classes for the school were held in the Mammy Shaw House in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, where Ziegler lived. This house was also a studio for artists Aimee Schweig and Jessie Beard Rickly.
Ziegler’s painting Ginning Time in Southeast Missouri was selected for inclusion in the American Show in 1938.
In 1939, Ziegler submitted mural designs for post offices in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Georgia to the U.S. Treasury Department’s 48 States Post Office Mural Competition. This was the largest mural competition in the Treasury Department’s Section of Fine Arts history. His design, Wheat in the Shock, was assigned to the post office in Flandreau, South Dakota, which he completed in 1940.
Ziegler was also a businessman; he owned the Old French Inn and Trading Post in Ste. Genevieve.
Matthew Ziegler died on October 6, 1981.
Memphis Tennessee Museum
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National Gallery of Canada Exhibition
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Corcoran Gallery of Art Exhibition
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Ste. Genevieve Art Colony Exhibition
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Ste. Genevieve Art Colony Exhibition
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City Art Museum Exhibition
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48 States Competition
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St. Louis Artists' Exhibition
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Missouri Exhibition
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St. Louis Artists' Guild Exhibition
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St. Louis Artists' Guild Exhibition
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New Madrid County Library Exhibition
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Award, 48 States Competition
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Ste. Genevieve Art Colony Exhibition
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Ste. Genevieve Art Colony Exhibition
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City Art Museum Exhibition
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48 States Competition
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St. Louis Artists' Exhibition
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Missouri Exhibition
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St. Louis Artists' Guild Exhibition
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St. Louis Artists' Guild Exhibition
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New Madrid County Library Exhibition
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Organized by New Madrid County Library
Memphis Tennessee Museum
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National Gallery of Canada Exhibition
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Organized by National Gallery of Canada
Corcoran Gallery of Art Exhibition
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Organized by Corcoran Gallery of Art
Award, 48 States Competition
References
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Matthew Ziegler: Artist File,” St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, Missouri.
Bibliography
Select Sources
“Post Offic Mural -Flandrreau SD,” Living New Deal, accessed February 3, 2022, https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/post-office-mural-flandreau-sd/.
“Matthew E. Zieger, 1897-1981,” in Scott Kerr and R.H. Dick, An American Art Colony: The Art and Artists of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri 1930-1940 (St. Louis: McCaughen & Burr Press, 2004), 119-129.
Karol Ann Marling, Wall-to-Wall America: Post Office Murals in the Great Depression (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1982), 84, 119-120.
“Matthew E. Ziegler, 84, dies; artist, former inn owner,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, October 7, 1981.
“Ziegler’s Art to be Displayed,” The Daily Standard (Sikeston, Missouri), March 25, 1968, 1.
Francis A. Klein, “Ziegler Displays Artistic Integrity in Show Here,” St. Louis-Globe Democrat, March 13, 1956, 12C.
“Artists’ Guild Sculpture, Oil Exhibit Opens,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, March 1, 1955, 4C.
“Ste. Genevieve School to Exhibit Paintings,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, October 20, 1934, 3C.
Core Reference Sources
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Image Credits
Artwork
Matthew E. Ziegler, Wheat in the Shock, circa 1940.
Oil/Canvas, 15 3/4 x 39 5/9 in.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, 1965.18.4.
Portrait of Artist
Unknown, Matthew E. Ziegler, n.d.
Photograph.
Included in Scott Kerr and R.H. Dick, An American art colony: the art and artists of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, 1930-1940 (St. Louis: McCaughen and Burr Press, 2004), 118.
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on March 4, 2022
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References
Artist clippings file is available at:
“Matthew Ziegler: Artist File,” St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, Missouri.
Artist’s work in these institutions’ collections
Saint Louis Art Museum
Bibliography
Select Sources
“Post Offic Mural -Flandrreau SD,” Living New Deal, accessed February 3, 2022, https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/post-office-mural-flandreau-sd/.
“Matthew E. Zieger, 1897-1981,” in Scott Kerr and R.H. Dick, An American Art Colony: The Art and Artists of Ste. Genevieve, Missouri 1930-1940 (St. Louis: McCaughen & Burr Press, 2004), 119-129.
Karol Ann Marling, Wall-to-Wall America: Post Office Murals in the Great Depression (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1982), 84, 119-120.
“Matthew E. Ziegler, 84, dies; artist, former inn owner,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, October 7, 1981.
“Ziegler’s Art to be Displayed,” The Daily Standard (Sikeston, Missouri), March 25, 1968, 1.
Francis A. Klein, “Ziegler Displays Artistic Integrity in Show Here,” St. Louis-Globe Democrat, March 13, 1956, 12C.
“Artists’ Guild Sculpture, Oil Exhibit Opens,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, March 1, 1955, 4C.
“Ste. Genevieve School to Exhibit Paintings,” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, October 20, 1934, 3C.
Core Reference Sources
Anita Jacobsen, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists (Carrollton: A.J. Publications, 2002).
askART (database), askART, https://www.askart.com/.
Peter H. Falk, et. al, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America (Madison: Sound View Press, 1999).
Contributors
Roberta Wagener, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Artist Record Published
Published on March 4, 2022
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