Oak Park School Bas Reliefs - Aurora IL

City:: Aurora, IL
Site Type:: Art Works, Sculpture and Bas Relief
New Deal Agencies:: Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Artist:: Louise Pain
Quality of Information:: Very Good
Marked:: No
Site Survival:: Extant

Bas relief murals depicting agricultural and economic themes were completed between 1938 and 1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Art is marked as WPA work and with artist's name (Louise Pain) associated with multiple New Deal art projects.

Site originally submitted by Jason Grau on February 1, 2016.

1200 Front Street
Aurora, Illinois 60505
Kane County

Location notes: Murals are inside of the South entrances of the old wing of Oak Park School. Currently door 1 and 11.

Coordinates: 41.764576, -88.285191

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