Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Karl Rudolph Free (May 16, 1903 – February 16, 1947) was an American artist and museum curator, best known for his New Deal-era post office murals. Many of his surviving works on paper are circus scenes in watercolor.
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]
This photo depicts an installed wall decal of red lips and the word "love". A wall decal, also known as a wall sticker, wall tattoo, or wall vinyl, is a vinyl sticker that is affixed to a wall or other smooth surface for decoration and informational purposes.
Crack Is Wack is a mural created in 1986 by American artist and social activist Keith Haring. Located near the Harlem River Drive in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City , the mural serves as a warning against crack cocaine use, which was rampant in major cities across the United States during the mid to late 1980s.
Windows Embedded 8 Standard is a componentized edition of Windows 8 for use in specialized devices. It was released on 20 March 2013. [17] [18] Notable for being the only edition of Windows 8 to not get an update to 8.1. It reached the end of mainstream support on July 10, 2018, and reached the end of extended support on July 11, 2023. [19]
This is a list of United States post office murals, produced in the United States from 1934 to 1943 through commissions from the Procurement Division of the United States Department of the Treasury. The principal objective of the United States post office murals was to secure artwork that met high artistic standards [ 1 ] for public buildings ...
September 1, 1997: The mural is located on the north wall of the sugar shed. It is viewable from Queens Quay. 71: Our Ocean Family: Apple Valley, Minnesota: September 8, 1997 72: Whale Commuters: Milwaukee County Courthouse Annex, over northbound lanes of I-43, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: September 15, 1997
[18] [19] Mural registration is administered through the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. [20] Because of the large number of murals throughout the city, numerous programs exist for their preservation and documentation, including the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles, the Getty Conservation Institute , and others.