- City:
- Newport Beach, CA
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP)
- Completed:
- 1937
- Artist:
- Jaine Ahring
Description
The Federal Art Project (FAP) funded artist, Jaine Ahring, to create two murals for Newport Elementary School. Ahring created the oil-on-canvas murals Alice in Wonderland and Mother Goose in 1937. In The New Deal in Orange County, California (The History Press, 2014), Charles Epting writes, “Given the scarcity of New Deal public art in Orange County, Ahring’s paintings are quite remarkable” (p. 38).
Alice in Wonderland depicts various characters from Lewis Carroll’s novel such as the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter. Mother Goose depicts characters from tales such as the Cat and the Fiddle and Miss Little Bo Peep.
Both murals are located in the Newport Elementary School’s (formerly Newport Grammar School) main hallway. Glass has been installed over the murals for preservation and you can still view the murals today.
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/
Text excerpt courtesy of The New Deal in Orange County, California: https://books.google.com/books?id=1zHwAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
Site originally submitted by Barbara Bernstein on March 28, 2014.
Additional contributions by Diem Duong.
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