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Artist: Bartholomew (Bartolo) Mako

Burbank City Attorney’s Office Mural – Burbank CA

This mural “Justice” by Bartholomew de Mako was originally made for the Burbank City Hall under the auspices of the WPA Federal Art Project. It is now displayed in the lobby of the City Attorney’s Office: “Set against the background… read more

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

Hollywood High School – Los Angeles CA

Hollywood High School Science Building

  The PWA built the science and liberal arts building and the modernistic facade of the school library: “The cornerstone of the first Hollywood Union High School was laid in 1904, when Hollywood was an incorporated city. The current campus,… read more

Project type: Education and Health, Schools
Agency: Public Works Administration (PWA)

Lou Henry Hoover School of Fine Arts: Mako Frieze – Whittier CA

Mako frieze over entrance to Lou Henry Hoover School of Fine Arts - Whittier CA

The Hoover School of Fine Arts, previously known as the Lou Henry Hoover Elementary School, is graced with beautiful bas-reliefd frieze by Bartolo Mako over the entrance. The frieze depicts a scene of the early Quakers who founded the city… read more

Project type: Art Works, Education and Health, Schools, Sculpture and Bas Relief
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Ventura High School Frieze and Sculpture – Ventura CA

Bartholume Mako created two artworks for the auditorium foyer of Ventura High School in Ventura CA. One is a 12-foot high plaster sculpture titled “Roman Goddess” and the other is a 15 x 6-foot plaster frieze called “Roman Scene.” They… read more

Project type: Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
Agency: Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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