• Norwalk City Hall: Gruelle Murals - Norwalk CT
    "The city of Norwalk, Conn., has one of the nation’s largest surviving collections of W.P.A. murals, thanks to a restoration effort in the 1980s that preserved nearly two dozen in the old Norwalk High School, now City Hall. The rescued artwork is on display there, while other murals decorate Norwalk Community College, the city’s public library and maritime aquarium, and other public places. Though many of the murals depict scenes from local history, several are more exotic: Five murals by an artist named Arthur G. Hull illustrate imagined scenes from the travels of Marco Polo. The Hull murals are on permanent...
  • Norwalk Public Library Murals - Norwalk CT
    The Norwalk Public Library contains two WPA Federal Art Project murals by Justin Gruelle: "The Chinese Nightingale" and "Aladdin." The murals were originally installed at the South Norwalk Public Library. They were restored in 1986.