Bennett School: Dahlstrom Mural – Chicago IL
The Bennett School contains this WPA mural “History of Books” by Gustaf Dahlstrom, a 4’6″ x 70′ oil on canvas frieze in 15 sections. The frieze was restored in 2000.
Bennett School: Spongberg Mural – Chicago IL
The Bennett School contains a mural “Children’s Subjects” by Grace Spongberg, depicting four subjects: 1) Art, 2) History, 3) Science, 4) Music Medium: oil on canvas Size: 4 panels, each 11′ x 6′ Restoration Info: Restored 2001
Benton Grammar School (former): Walt Disney Murals – Kansas City MO
Walt Disney contributed drawings for WPA murals at the former Benton Grammar School (the school he attended as a boy, later renamed D.A. Holmes Elementary). The murals were completed by WPA artists and delighted children for decades. The school was… read more
Berea Police and Municipal Center (Old Post Office) Mural – Berea KY
Frank W. Long completed this tempera-on-plaster mural, entitled “Berea Commencement in the Old Days,” in 1940 with funds provided by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. It is viewable in the lobby of the Berea Police and Municipal Center (itself a… read more
Bergen County Court House Murals – Hackensack NJ
“In the 1930’s as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), murals were painted in courtrooms 253 and 352. In the early 1940’s an additional mural was added in courtroom 357. All three murals were designed by Teaneck resident William… read more
Berkeley High School: Braghetta Bas Reliefs on Community Theater – Berkeley CA
The entrance to Berkeley Community Theater on the interior courtyard of Berkeley High School is adorned by two cast stone bas-relief sculptures by Lulu Braghetta. On is female, with “Drama, Dance, Music” inscribed in relief, and the other is male,… read more
Berkeley High School: Braghetta Bas Reliefs on G Building – Berkeley CA
The G Building of Berkeley High School sports a large group of cast stone bas-relief sculptures on the exterior. The artist was Lulu Braghetta, who worked under the auspices of the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration…. read more
Berkeley High School: Howard Bas Reliefs on Community Theater – Berkeley CA
Berkeley High School’s Community Theater is adorned with cast stone bas-relief sculptures by Robert Howard, son of architect John Galen Howard. The sculptures are on the exterior side of the building, along Allston Way and facing the Berkeley Civic Center… read more
Berkeley High School: Schnier Bas-Relief on H Building – Berkeley CA
Jacques Schnier created the impressive bas-relief sculpture, “St. George and the Dragon”, that fills a huge space on the west (exterior) side of Berkeley High School’s building H (a former Science and Industrial Arts Building), which faces Martin Luther King… read more
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center: Gates Mural – Bethesda MD
Robert F. Gates painted the mural, “Montgomery County Farm Women’s Market,” in 1939 for the Bethesda post office, which was closed in 2012. It shows a woman feeding animals next to women selling produce at the Farm Women’s Market, which… read more
Beverly Hills High School: Napolitano Mural – Beverly Hills CA
In 1937, artist P. G. Napolitano painted a fresco panel for Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, CA. The fresco, located in the school’s music room, was funded by the Federal Art Project (FAP). “Mr. Napolitano’s main interest has… read more
Birch Bayh Federal Building Friezes – Indianapolis IN
The Birch Bayh Federal Building annex (the rear portion of the building, toward E. New York St.) features two vehicular entrances—one at the northeast and one at the northwest corner of the building. They are capped by identical limestone friezes, titled “Distribution… read more
Birch Bayh Federal Building Murals – Indianapolis IN
“Mail, Transportation and Delivery” and “Early Present Day Indianapolis Life” are two sets of murals painted by Grant Christian in 1935-6 with funding from the Treasury Relief Art Project. The artwork, which is not accessible to the general public, consists… read more
Black Hawk State Historic Site, Watchtower Lodge Murals – Rock Island IL
The CCC lodge at the Black Hawk State Historic Site contains “two murals painted in 1936 by Works Progress Administration (WPA) artist Otto Hake. The murals depict the seasonal activities of the Sauk and Mesquakie Indian people.” (www.blackhawkpark.org)
Bloom Township High School – Mural – Chicago Heights IL
“Occupational Studies and Their Application” This fresco of six 9′ x 4’6″ panels was painted with the help of New Deal funds.
Board of Water and Light Dye Conditioning Plant: Calder Fountain – Lansing MI
The Board of Water and Light Dye Conditioning Plant in Lansing, Michigan contains multiple examples of New Deal artwork, including a ceramic fountain in the building’s main lobby. “The grand two-story lobby of the Board of Water and Light houses a… read more
Board of Water and Light Dye Conditioning Plant: Cashwan Relief – Lansing MI
The Board of Water and Light Dye Conditioning Plant in Lansing, Michigan contains multiple examples of New Deal artwork, including: “Aquarius,” a limestone relief created in 1938-39 by Samuel Cashwan. The massive work is located above the building’s front entrance.
Board of Water and Light Dye Conditioning Plant: Cassara Mural – Lansing MI
The Board of Water and Light Dye Conditioning Plant in Lansing, Michigan contains multiple examples of New Deal artwork, including: “Water As Destructive Element” and ” Beneficial Force of Water,” two murals created in 1940 by Frank Cassara. “The upper lobby features… read more
Board of Water and Light Dye Conditioning Plant: Pollock Mural – Lansing MI
The Board of Water and Light Dye Conditioning Plant in Lansing, Michigan contains multiple examples of New Deal artwork, including: “Water as Hydro-Electric Power,” a 1941 mural by Charles Pollock. “Charles Pollock’s 1941 mural in the center shows man’s control over nature and… read more
Bob Hope Patriotic Hall Mural – Los Angeles CA
“Soldiers and Sailors is a three panel painted mural [by Arthur Leitner] in the vestibule of Bob Hope Patriotic Hall. Created in 1942 as part of the WPA Art Project, the mural depicts the United States’ military uniforms from 1776 through… read more
Borough Hall Murals – Emerson NJ
The historic Emerson Borough Hall houses numerous (11) examples of New Deal artwork commissioned by the Federal Art Project (FAP). “Three of the murals are located in the Lower Level Conference Room; one in the Gun Room; one in the… read more
Borough Hall Murals – Staten Island NY
The grand lobby of Borough Hall contains a series of Depression Era bas-reliefs and 13 large murals painted by Frederick Charles Stahr in 1940 under the auspices of the WPA Arts Project. The murals illustrate important events in Staten Island… read more
Borough Hall Murals (missing) – Brooklyn NY
“During May and June 1946, two 900-square-foot murals depicting three centuries of local history were unceremoniously removed from the cavernous two-story rotunda of Brooklyn Borough Hall less than a decade after their creation. The murals, titled “Brooklyn Past and Present,”… read more
Boundary County Courthouse Friezes – Bonners Ferry ID
The Boundary County Courthouse is the site of three friezes, all created by Fletcher Martin in 1940 for the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (WPA-FAP) and viewable on the front of the courthouse. They are officially untitled but are known… read more
Bowery Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant: Cast Reliefs – Queens NY
In 1939 the Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissioned a set of four cast reliefs for inclusion on the facade of the then-new Bowery Bay Pumping Station in Queens, New York. The works, which depict men at work engaging in sewage… read more
Branigan City Library Art – Las Cruces NM
"It is possible to view 'Navajo Blankets Portfolio' by Louie Ewing and a small watercolor by Ramos Sanchez, San Ildefonso Pueblo. On request one can also study the 'Portfolio of Spanish Colonial Design' created by E. Boyd and others." -Treasures… read more
Broad Ripple Station Post Office Mural – Indianapolis IN
“Suburban Street” is a 1942 Section of Fine Arts mural entitled “Suburban Street” by Alan Tompkins. The size of the mural is 11’9″ x 5’2″ and the medium is oil on canvas. The work is installed in Indianapolis’s historic Broad… read more
Brockton Avenue Elementary School Sculpture – Los Angeles CA
Artist Eugenia Everett sculpted for Brockton Avenue Elementary School (Los Angeles, CA) a statue of “Wynken, Blinken, and Nod,” characters in Eugene Field’s Dutch lullaby. She received funding from the Federal Art Project (FAP). According to a 1937 article in… read more
Bronco Sports Stadium Relief – International Falls MN
The front of the High School Sports Stadium in International Falls, MN, features a bold, concrete relief sculpture of 1940’s-era athletes created by a Minnesota-born sculptor named Evelyn Raymond. Raymond created the sculpture through the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art… read more
Bronx General Post Office Murals – Bronx NY
The Bronx General Post Office houses a set of 13 magnificent mural panels—collectively titled “Resources of America”— by Ben Shahn and Bernarda Bryson Shahn. A Lehman College Guide to Public Art in the Bronx has this to say about the… read more
Bronx General Post Office: Kreis Sculpture – Bronx NY
The Bronx General Post Office contains superb examples of New Deal art, added in 1938-39 under the Treasure Section of Fine Arts program. Inside are 13 mural panels by Ben Shahn and his wife, Bernarda; on the exterior wall, flanking the entrance, are two… read more
Bronx General Post Office: Rudy Sculpture – Bronx NY
The Bronx General Post Office contains superb examples of New Deal art, added in 1938-39 under the Treasure Section of Fine Arts program. Inside are 13 mural panels by Ben Shahn and his wife, Bernarda; on the exterior wall, flanking the entrance, are two… read more
Bronx River Soldier Restoration – Bronx NY
During the last decade of the 1800s, John Grignola carved this granite statue of a Civil War Union soldier for Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. After years of neglect, WPA workers located the statue in the Bronx River, refurbished it, and… read more
Brooklyn Botanic Garden Sculptures – Brooklyn NY
“In the rotunda of the [Laboratory Building] are bronze busts of Linnaeus, Darwin, Mendel, Asa Gray, Robert Brown, and John Torrey–the work of WPA sculptors.”
Brooklyn College: Library Murals – Brooklyn NY
Brooklyn College Library contains two WPA Federal Arts Project murals entitled “Famous Libraries of the World” painted by Olindo Mario Ricci in 1936-1939. A plaque on the wall near the murals reads: “Gracing the Library’s grandest reading room are murals of… read more
Brooklyn High School of the Arts Mural – Brooklyn NY
Under the WPA Federal Arts Project, artist Monty Lewis installed a large double fresco depicting “The Cotton Industry in Contemporary America” in 1936. The fresco may be in the auditorium or in a corridor. At the time of installation, this building… read more
Brooklyn Museum (Williamsburg Houses) Murals – Brooklyn NY
In 1936, “when the United States was still reeling from the Great Depression, a series of murals was commissioned by the Federal Art Project (FAP), to be painted in the community rooms at the Williamsburg Public Housing development in Brooklyn,… read more
Brooklyn Technical High School Mural – Brooklyn NY
The school’s main lobby features a large oil on canvas WPA mural painted by Maxwell Starr in 1941 . Entitled “History of Mankind in Terms of Mental and Physical Labor,” the mural “traces developments from the Stone Age through the 1930s and… read more
Bryant Park: Dodge Sculpture Restoration – New York NY
“This bronze sculpture depicts William Earl Dodge (1805–1883), one of the founders of Phelps, Dodge, a leading mining company. Dodge helped organize the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in the United States and served as the president of the National… read more