75 years ago this week in the Sep. 28,1942 issue, LIFE featured WISCONSIN BARN ART—Huge Pastoral Scenes Brighten 100 Farmyards. According to LIFE, or “The ample pictures on the sides of barns shown on these pages were done by Barn Painter Frank Engebretson of Broadhead,Wis. Engebretson painted his first barn mural 28 years ago. His neighbor Jacob Winn had hired him simply to paint his barn. Engebretson, who loved pictures but had no art training, or said: "I wouldn’t mind portray barns whether I could paint pictures on them. I don’t see much sense in having barns all look alike. A barn could just as well come to life and beget some individuality.” “ (Photos by Gordon Coster—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #thisweekinLIFE #Wisconsin #barns
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