- City:
- Berkeley, CA
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Arts Project (FAP), Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1940
- Artist:
- Lulu H. Braghetta
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
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. The reliefs were installed in 1940.
Building G was originally part of the Industrial Arts and Sciences buildings and the Braghetta bas-reliefs portray scenes pertaining to science and the industrial arts. Some have figures (including one woman) and others are representations of carpentry, electricity, motors, engineering and machining. They decorate all sides of the building
Source notes
https://www.newdealartregistry.org/
Smith, Harvey. Berkeley and the New Deal. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Books. 2014, pp. 73-78.
Site originally submitted by Barbara Bernstein on December 28, 2014.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
At this Location:
- Berkeley High School: Community Theater - Berkeley CA
- Berkeley High School: G and H Buildings - Berkeley CA
- Berkeley High School: Howard Bas Reliefs on Community Theater - Berkeley CA
- Berkeley High School: Schnier Bas-Relief on H Building - Berkeley CA
- Berkeley High School: Braghetta Bas Reliefs on Community Theater - Berkeley CA
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