However, the region of Pennsylvania where Wayne is located was the historical home of the Lenni Lenape people, who had been forced westward by the Treaty of Easton in 1758. In fact, while the mural is located there, General Anthony Wayne’s most noted victory over Indian forces, the topic that the central image of the mural is likely based on, occurred over 500 miles away from Wayne near present-day Maumee, Ohio. While the depictions of Anthony Wayne in the mural indicate that the artist did research his subject and his role in United States history, it does not appear that Crimi had any connections to, or spent any significant time in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Alfred Crimi died in New York City in 1994. In addition to this Post Office mural in Wayne, he also painted the mural in the post office in Northampton, Massachusetts. He also worked for the Public Works of Art project in Key West, Florida. Once back in the United States, Crimi became a successful muralist, and was hired by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) for the Harlem Hospitals murals project. In 1929, he returned to Italy to study fresco painting. Living in New York City, he attended public school in East Harlem's Little Italy, the National Academy of Design from 1916-1924 and the Beaux Arts Institute from 1920-1921.
Born Alfredo diGiorgio Crimi in San Fratello, Sicily, Italy on December 1, 1900, Alfred Crimi immigrated to the United States in 1910 and was naturalized in 1924.
The mural in Wayne, Pennsylvania titled Anthony Wayne was painted by Italian-born artist Alfred D. Used with the permission of the United States Postal Service®.
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