Verona Burkhard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Verona Burkhard

Date of Birth: 08-Jun-1910

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 16-Jul-2004

Profession: artist, painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Verona Burkhard (1910-2004) was an American artist, known for her murals painted for the U.S.
Treasury Department.
She participated in four public projects including three United States post office murals and five murals completed for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
She has works in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Western Colorado Center for the Arts.
As of 2015, her murals completed for the post offices of Powell, Wyoming; Deer Lodge, Montana; and Kings Mountain, North Carolina are still hanging in the buildings which were the original post offices.
In addition to her public artworks, Burkhard received the 1943 Alger Award from the National Association of Women Artists and was one of the first honorees of the "Colorado Women of Achievement" program in 1966.