- City:
- Los Gatos, CA
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Art Works, Schools, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Artist:
- Clay Spohn
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
This 24′ x 9′ egg tempera mural “The Legend of New Almaden” by Clay Spohn was originally painted for this high school with support from the WPA Federal Art Project. It was then variously moved, cut into smaller pieces and put in storage before being restored and returned to Los Gatos HS. There is a fascinating account of the controversy surrounding the legend depicted in the mural in this interview with the artist: https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/spohn64.htm
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!["The Legend of New Almaden"](https://livingnewdeal.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/spohn_mural_2.jpg ""The Legend of New Almaden", Photo by: Gray Brechin, 2011-00-00 - Click for full screen")
!["The Legend of New Almaden" Detail](https://livingnewdeal.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/spohn_mural_1.jpg ""The Legend of New Almaden" Detail, Photo by: Gray Brechin, Copyright: Public Domain, 2011-00-00 - Click for full screen")
Peter Myers
I graduated from LGHS, and I was always told that the front facade and staircase of the school was a New Deal public work. Is there any documentation on that?