Aimee Gorham created a large wooden marquetry at the rear of Ainsworth auditorium. The piece is usually hidden behind band equipment and room dividers. In danger of damage unless acknowledged as US property, not Portland Public School property. According to Barry N…. read more
The Beach Chalet contains several New Deal artworks. Include decorative mosaics by Primo Caredio, done in 1937. They are located in the South Staircase and over the north and east doorways of the large first-floor lobby. All the Beach Chalet… read more
Artist Stanley Spohn designed a tile mosaic for a drinking fountain at Belmont High School in Los Angeles, CA. He received funding from the Federal Arts Project (FAP). Spohn described the mosaic as being “handled in a manner reminiscent of… read more
These two 50′ x 45′ low-relief polished marble mosaics depicting “Organic and Inorganic Science” by the Swiss-born artist Herman Volz are located in the south portico of San Francisco City College’s Science Hall. Juan Breda served as assistant mosaicist for… read more
“Coral Way School, built as Coral Way Elementary School in 1936, is a K-8 school located in Miami, Florida, USA… The school building was designed by August Geiger, a noted South Florida architect who worked for the Dade County School… read more
Artist Caspar Duchow created four 4′ x 6′ mosaics depicting animals for the East Whittier Middle School: “Hippos,” “Waterfowl,” “Tropical Birds” and “Monkey.” The mosaics were created in 1937 with funding from the WPA Federal Art Project.
This Glendale Junior College fountain “Memorial to C.A. Nelson” is by Robert Boag. Created out of small tiles, it is about five feet tall and has three tiers. The bottom shows an ocean scene, the middle prehistoric villagers, and the… read more
This colorful mosaic by Stanton MacDonald-Wright is installed above the doors to the school auditorium. Entitled “Products of Nature and Inventions of Man,” the tile mural was created under the auspices of the WPA in 1936-37. A 1936 article in… read more
There are two murals flanking the auditorium stage, entitled "Henrick Hudson" and "Daniel Boone"
This “Floor mosaic of twelve figures engaged in traditional Hawaiian athletic activities, done in polished black basalt set into a flagstone floor” (source note 1), was completed by Marguerite Louis Blasingame in 1935 for the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Floor mosaics depicting a variety of images pertaining to aviation can be found throughout the Long Beach Airport Terminal. They were created for the terminal in 1939-41 by then 28-year-old artist Grace Richardson Clements. Clements was hired through the Work… read more
This colorful 38 x 22 foot mosaic, “Recreation in Long Beach,” was created under the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938. It was the largest WPA mosaic when it was finished in 1938 and… read more
This glazed tile mosaic, measuring 38′ in height by 22′ wide, is titled “Typical Activities of a Beach and Harbor City.” It was completed in 1938 with funding from the WPA Federal Art Project. It was originally installed on the… read more
The mosaic, “Spanish California” was created by Stanton Macdonald-Wright for the Thomas Edison Middle School in Los Angeles, and hangs in the school’s auditorium foyer. Tiles of different shapes give the mural a variety of textures. Macdonald-Wright was an unemployed… read more
A mosaic mural entitled “Early California,” created by Stanton MacDonald-Wright for the Thomas Edison Middle School, has been lost. Stanton MacDonald-Wright was an unemployed artist hired by the Federal Art Project (FAP) in 1937.
Sargent Johnson created this two part project “Sea Forms” for the WPA “comprised of a 30 feet long, 14 feet high greenish-gray slate facade titled, Sea Forms, that was placed over the main entrance to the Maritime Museum on Polk… read more
In 1937, Bessie Heller designed a pair of tile mosaics for wall fountains at Mountain View High School in El Monte, CA. Heller received funding from the Federal Art Project (FAP). Heller worked in the art department at MGM Studios…. read more
These two mosaic murals made of unglazed colored body tile were “crafted from thousands of tiny tiles by Arthur Ames and his then-fiancee Jean Goodwin in 1937” (https://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/14/local/me-murals14). When the original building was torn down and rebuilt in 2007, these… read more
This ceramic panel is at the west entrance of the Rincon Annex. We have no information on the artist and provenance of this piece.
Ethel Wilson Harris was already the owner of a well-established decorative tile business in San Antonio when she became the local technical supervisor of the Arts and Crafts division of the WPA in San Antonio in 1939. Her staff of… read more
Sisters Helen, Margaret and Esther Bruton created two mosaics for the exterior of the San Francisco Zoo’s Mothers Building in 1934. The mosaics depict “Children and Their Animal Friends” and “St. Francis.”
“The foyer of Barnum Hall displays a handsome tile mosaic fifteen by seventeen feet in size, called “The Vikings.” The mosaic, and the mural on the asbestos stage curtain [“Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla”], are the work of a… read more
In 1937, Stanton Macdonald-Wright (assisted by Albert King) completed a tile mosaic wall panel for a drinking fountain at the old Santa Monica Public Library in Santa Monica, CA. He received funding from the Federal Art Project (FAP). The mosaic… read more
The mosaic is situated in the entrance to the building (formerly the South Gate Public Library). It has recently been designated a culturally significant landmark. “The tile mosaic entitled Evolution of Writing was created by Stanton MacDonald-Wright during his employ… read more
These two large mosaic panels representing tragedy and comedy were features of the original stage at the High School’s Mead Theater. The theater has since been replaced. As of 2008, the mosaics were under restoration, but may since have been… read more
Several different schools are located in this building. This untitled New Deal mosaic by Ilya Bolotowsky is located on the 3rd floor. It was installed in 1936.
Artist Ross Dickinson designed two tile mosaics for Thomas Starr King Middle School in Los Angeles, CA. He received funding from the Federal Arts Project (FAP). The mosaics “give glimpses of Indian pueblo life, one showing the influence of the… read more
Timberline Lodge was built in 1936-38 as a ski lodge 6,000 feet up on Mount Hood, and it still serves that purpose. It was equally a showcase for the accomplishments of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The four-story structure was… read more
Four images “crafted of square tiles square tiles that frame the vestibule beneath the clock tower,” collectively titled “Youth Carrying the Heritage of the Past into the Future,” are located at Trenton Central High School. NJ.com, 2014: “The mosaics were… read more
The WPA contracted an Italian mosaic setter for this project to teach Albro and other involved artists how to work with marble mosaics. The mosaic was built over the main entrance to Woods Hall. Unfortunately the mosaic appears to have… read more
This mosaic mural “Signs of the Zodiac and Heavenly Bodies” was created by John Stephan in 1936 with the help of WPA Federal Art Project funds.
Artist Stanton Macdonald-Wright designed a series of tile mosaics for University High School (now University High School Charter) in Los Angeles, CA. The work was funded by the Federal Arts Project (FAP). The mosaics would “fill lunettes (arched window spaces… read more
Helen Bruton completed this 10′ by 20′ mosaic “Sculpture and Dance” in 1936 for the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project. It is located on the east exterior of the old University Art Building.
Florence Alston Swift completed this 10′ by 20′ mosaic “Music and Painting” for the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project in 1936. It is located on the east exterior of old University Art Building.
