- City:
- Chicago, IL
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Arts Project (FAP), Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1937
- Artist:
- Edgar Britton
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Among the New Deal artworks at Lane Tech High School are several frescoes in the school lunchroom, each depicting a different period of “Epochs in the History of Man.” These large (12′ x 14′) frescoes were painted by Edgar Britton in 1937 under the Federal Art Project (FAP), a branch of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Source notes
https://chicagohistoricschools.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/albert-g-lane-technical-high-school/
Site originally submitted by New Deal Art Registry on July 27, 2014.
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- Lane Tech College Prep High School Auditorium Mural - Chicago IL
- Lane Tech College Prep Bas Reliefs - Chicago IL
- Lane Tech College Prep High School Sculptures - Chicago IL
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Marissa Bachrach
These are wonderful. Are tours ever offered?
This is a school. There are no tours.
That’s not true on the website it says they give tours to visitors to see the murals.