- City:
- Berkeley, CA
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Artist:
- Suzanne Scheuer
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
This tempera and oil on canvas mural “Incidents in California History” by Suzanne Scheuer was painted in 1936-37 with funding from the Treasury Relief Art Project. Located in the Berkeley Main Post Office. This mural depicts the earliest inhabitants of Berkeley. Scheuer was also one of the artists contributing to San Francisco’s Coit Tower mural.
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