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Michigan's Natural Resources Mural
 Michigan's Natural Resources is a mural, 25 feet wide and 7 feet tall. It hangs in the Great Depression Gallery. Paul
Honoré (1885-1956) painted it for Michigan's exhibit in "A Century of
Progress," the 1933-1934 World's Fair in Chicago. Architect Albert
Kahn commissioned the painting for the exhibit.
Described as a "heroic Art Deco work," it was done in oil on canvas. After the
fair, it hung in the State Capitol for many years.
Paul Honoré was born in Pennsylvania. He studied art in Detroit and in London. He
illustrated children's books and painted many murals, some of which still hang in the
Players' Club of Detroit, the Dearborn Public Library and People's Church in East Lansing.
He exhibited his work at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Chicago Art Institute and
other museums. During the Great Depression he was one of the few artists who did not seek
mural commissions from the Works Progress (later Work Projects) Administration Federal Art
Project.
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