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Mural title Image Artist Date Notes NRHP listed D.C. Recorder of Deeds Crispus Attucks: Herschel Levit: 1943 D.C. Recorder of Deeds The Death of Colonel Shaw at Fort Wagner: Carlos Lopez: 1943 D.C. Recorder of Deeds The Battle of New Orleans: Ethel Magafan: 1943 D.C. Recorder of Deeds Matthew Henson Planting the American Flag at the North Pole ...
Collectively, the artists of the New Deal produced a vast archive: Murals, including 1,100 post office murals , [6] free-standing and bas relief sculpture, an estimated 30,000 posters, [7] more than 700 books and pamphlets and radio scripts, [8] and architectural details for scores of public buildings, in a style now called WPA Moderne. [9]
The mural paintings by Anton Refregier in the Rincon Annex of the San Francisco Post Office, San Francisco, California (M.A. thesis). Arizona State University. Gelber, Steven M. (1979). "Working to Prosperity: California's New Deal Murals". California History. 58 (2). California Historical Society: 98– 127. doi:10.2307/25157905. JSTOR 25157905.
The mural captures much of San Francisco's ideals, with the different women painted on the building and the diversity it represents. [2] The mural was painted by a group of women, including a few former members of the all-female muralist group, the Mujeres Muralistas. The Mission District is home to many different alleys and walls of murals.
[8] [9] Notable residents included Terry Riley, The Cockettes, Lise Swenson of Artists' Television Access, and two of the artists, Rigo 23 and Aaron Noble, who were founding members of the Clarion Alley Mural Project. 47 Clarion was demolished in 2001, and a parking lot for the condominium project on 17th Street replaced it.
The Founding Fathers often serve as a rhetorical backstop for progressives who wish to dismiss conservatives’ concerns about erasing history. Whatever happens, “nobody’s going to get rid of ...
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Progress of Industry (1934) by Charles W. Ward, at the Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Trenton, New Jersey. United States post office murals are notable examples of New Deal art produced during the years 1934–1943. They were commissioned through a competitive process by the United States Department of the ...