"Incidents in California History"
"Incidents in California History"
New Deal Agencies: Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP)
Started: 1936
Completed: 1937
Artists: Suzanne Scheuer
Quality of Information: Moderate
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
This tempera and oil on canvas mural “Incidents in California History” by Suzanne Scheuer was painted in 1936-37 with funding from the Treasury Relief Art Project. Located in the Berkeley Main Post Office. This mural depicts the earliest inhabitants of Berkeley. Scheuer was also one of the artists contributing to San Francisco’s Coit Tower mural.
Source notes
Berkeley Historical Society. Fall 2001. 20:3 www.wpamurals.com New Deal Art Registry
Thanks for providing this information on surviving New Deal art!
The main Post Office with it’s wonderful New Deal art is up for sale.
Sad.