Ravinia School Mural – Highland Park IL

City:
Highland Park, IL

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Arts Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP)

Completed:
1940

Artist:
Mildred Waltrip

Description

Mildred Waltrip painted the two-panel, oil-on-canvas mural “Robin Hood” (each panel measuring 5’3″ x 6’11”) in 1940 for the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project.

“Two murals commissioned by the WPA, placed above the twin wooden benches of a niche or inglenook, bracket the entryway into the main building of the hundred-year-old Tudor-style school building. They illustrate episodes from the life of Robin Hood, the legendary English outlaw and popular hero who was said to have been born about 1160. Interwoven among the medieval figures in the first mural are descriptive captions: ‘Merry Men of Robin Hood; Richard ye Lion-Hearted, King of England and Robin ye Sheriff of Nottingham.’ The second mural continues the story: ‘Robin Meets Little John; Robin Meets Friar Tuck; and Death of Robin Hood at Kirklee Priory.’ A background of leafy green trees and foliage provides the setting and the unifying element for all the episodes.” (press.uchicago.edu)

Source notes

https://www.nssd112.org/Ravinia/about.html Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/ https://www.press.uchicago.edu/Images/Chicago/gray149.html, accessed December 4, 2014.

Location Info


676 Dean Street
Highland Park, IL 60635
Lake County

Location notes: Main entrance

Coordinates: 42.164635, -87.78193

Site Details

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