Beach Chalet: Mosaics – San Francisco CA

City:
San Francisco, CA

Site Type:
Art Works, Mosaics

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

Started:
1937

Completed:
1937

Artist:
Primo Caredio

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

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 artworks were done by unemployed artists hired by the Federal Art Project (FAP), a branch of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). 

Location Info


1000 Great Highway
San Francisco, CA 94121

Coordinates: 37.768964, -122.51065

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