- City:
- Santa Barbara, CA
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Artist:
- Samuel Edson Vaughan
Description
Two 25' x 8' oil on canvas lunettes by Samuel Vaughan were commissioned by the Federal Art Project: "Men at Work" and "US Army in Europe"
Source notes
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!["Men at Work"](https://livingnewdeal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/3292-menatwork.0_display.jpg ""Men at Work" - Click for full screen")
!["US Army in Europe"](https://livingnewdeal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/3292-usarmyineurope.0_display.jpg ""US Army in Europe" - Click for full screen")
Betsy J. Green
According to an article in the Santa Barbara Morning Press, Jan. 31, 1937, p. 5, the mural in the Veterans Memorial Building on Cabrillo Blvd. depicting peacetime pursuits (sometimes titled “Men at Work”) was done by Joseph Knowles, not Vaughan. Vaughan did create the mural on the opposite wall which shows a WWI scene.