Beach Chalet: Monochrome Frescoes – San Francisco CA

City:
San Francisco, CA

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1937

Completed:
1937

Artist:
Lucien Labaudt

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Beach Chalet at the western end of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco contains several New Deal artworks.

Lucian Labaudt painted a set of monochrome frescoes around the stairwell and in the corridor to the restrooms on the south side of the ground floor.  The stairwell is surrounded on all sides and on the ceiling by soaring gulls and sea birds.

The frescoes were done in 1937 under the auspices of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Art Project (FAP).

Labaudt also painted the immense mural around the entrance hall.

 

Location Info


1000 Great Highway
San Francisco, CA 94121
San Francisco County

Coordinates: 37.769459, -122.51020

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