- City:
- El Monte, CA
- Site Type:
- Paintings, Art Works
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Arts Project (FAP), Arts Programs
- Completed:
- 1937
- Artist:
- R. W. Taylor
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Partially Extant
Description
In 1937, artist R. W. Taylor painted eleven panels depicting “Scenes of Indian Life” for the El Monte Public Library (today’s El Monte Historical Museum). He received funding from the WPA Federal Art Project (FAP). Six of the paintings survive in the Historical Museum’s Pioneer and Frontier Rooms.
Source notes
Museum curator Mrs. Donna Crippen
Originally posted on the New Deal Art Registry
Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on April 17, 2014.
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