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Artist: Helen Lundeberg

Canoga Park High School Murals – Canoga Park CA

Canoga Park High School Lundeberg Mural

"Helen Lundeberg's murals QUESTS OF MANKIND have been a prominent feature on our campus since 1940. She created them during the Great Depression while working for the W.P.A.'s Federal Art Project. The murals originally hung as five separate pieces on… read more

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

Charles Lindbergh Middle School Mural – Long Beach CA

Medium: oil on canvas The massive 5 x 132 foot “History of Aviation” is located in the school library. Jean Goodwin and Arthur Ames did the sketches for this mural. Dorr Bothwell and possibly Helen Lundeberg enlarged them and did… read more

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

Fullerton Police Department Mural – Fullerton CA

Fullerton Police Department "The History of California"

“In a remodel of the building in the 1960s, the mural in the former city council chambers was covered over. Post-surrealism artist Helen Lundberg painted this three-panel mural, entitled The History of California, in 1942, as an art project under… read more

Project type: Auxiliary Civic Facilities, Civic Facilities, Military and Public Safety, Police Stations
Agency: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Grevillea Art Park – Inglewood CA

"History of Transportation" Mural with WPA Sign

The mural “History of Transportation” is 8 feet high and 240 feet long, composed of 60 panels. It is made of cast concrete and terrazzo paneled walls and is one of the last examples of petrachrome mosaic art (that is made… read more

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

Venice High School Murals – Los Angeles CA

"History of Early California" Detail

Two 35' x 12' fresco murals by Grace Clements and Helen Lundeberg are located in the school library. They were funded by the WPA-FAP in 1941. One depicts the "History of Early California" and the other the "History of Southern… read more

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

Venice High School Murals – Venice CA

"History of Early California"

Grace Clements and Helen Lundeberg painted two 8′ x 34′ frescoes for the Venice High School library in 1941: “History of Southern California” and “History of Early California.” They were funded by the WPA Federal Art Project. The artists were… read more

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

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