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Artist: Abram Champanier

Coney Island Hospital: Alice in Wonderland Mural – Brooklyn NY

One of the five restored Alice in Wonderland murals painted by Abram Champanier in 1938-40 is hung in the Cumberland Center at 100 N Portland Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205.  The mural was originally created for the Gouverneur Hospital children’s ward in lower Manhattan, but… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Arts Project (FAP)

Gouverneur Hospital (former): Alice in Wonderland Murals – Manhattan NY

In 1936, Abram Champanier painted a large, multi-panel mural, entitled “Alice in Wonderland,” in the children’s ward of the old Gouverneur Hospital on Water Street, with funds provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The oil-on-canvas murals were all seven feet high, of varying widths, with subjects… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Murals – New York NY

“In 1936, under the Works Progress Administration, the artist Abram Champanier created a series of murals for the children’s ward [of Gouverneur Hospital]. Champanier had done large commercial murals in the 20’s for the Roxy Theater in New York and… read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Old Lincoln Hospital: Champanier Mural – Bronx NY

The Lincoln Hospital (also known as the Lincoln Medical and Health Center), has contained several WPA murals. During the 1930s, the Lincoln Hospital (then located at 141st St. and Southern Blvd. in the Bronx) received at least three WPA murals…. read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Arts Project (FAP)

Old Lincoln Hospital: Kelly Mural – Bronx NY

In 1938, artist Albert Kelly painted a multi-panel mural entitled “The Circus” (it may also have been known as “Circus Parade”) for the children’s ward at the old Lincoln Hospital (then located at 141st St. and Southern Blvd.) in the Bronx…. read more

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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