"Scenes from English Language Classics" (detail)
Agency: Federal Arts Project (FAP)
Completed: 1937
Artists: Suzanne Miller
Quality of Information: Moderate
Marked:
Yes
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
“Scenes from English Language Classics” is an oil-on-canvas mural consisting of 9 panels, 4’6″ in height, of varying widths. The mural was painted by Suzanne Miller in 1937 with funding from the WPA Federal Art Project.
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"Scenes from English Language Classics"
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"Scenes from English Language Classics" (detail)
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"Scenes from English Language Classics" (detail)
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: http://www.newdealartregistry.org/
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I’ve been looking into the Long Beach Public Library’s WPA murals, and there are 9 panels depicting 15 “Scenes from English Literature.” While some of the panels were damaged and restored in the ’70s, they are all still extant. There were never 14.
Thanks! I’ve tweaked the entry accordingly.