Lucile Esma Lundquist Blanch (December 31, 1895 – October 31, 1981)[1] was an American artist, art educator, and Guggenheim Fellow.

She was noted for the murals she created for the U.S. Treasury Department's Section of Fine Arts during the Great Depression.

[2] At the Minneapolis School of Art, she and future husband Arnold Blanch studied with notable artists like Harry Gottlieb and Adolf Dehn.

[2] Blanch also studied with artists Kenneth Hayes Miller, Frank Vincent DuMond and Frederick R.

As she and husband Arnold were building their reputation as Woodstock artists, they supported themselves by selling tapestries they wove, as well as running a small cafeteria.

[17] In 1938, Blanch worked with artist Philip Evergood and George Picken in administrating the WPA Project in New York.

[21] In 1938, Blanch painted a mural titled Osceola Holding Informal Court with His Chiefs in the post office in Fort Pierce, Florida.

[24] The Flemingsburg mural was completed in 1943, titled Crossing to the Battle of Blue Licks,[25] and the Sparta post office project consisted of three panels depicting an antebellum plantation house, the granite quarry near Sparta, and local Hancock County scenery.

Her choice of subject at this time coming primarily from circus performers and animals shown depicted in spot lights.

[14] In 1933, Blanch was given a fellowship by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to enable creative work in painting abroad for one year.