U.S. Courthouse: Biberman Painting – Los Angeles CA

City:
Los Angeles, CA

Site Type:
Paintings, Art Works

New Deal Agencies:
Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)

Completed:
1938

Artist:
Edward Biberman

Quality of Information:
Good

Marked:
Unknown

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

This oil on canvas by Edward Biberman entitled “Los Angeles – Prehistoric and Spanish Colonial” (1938) was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts at the time of the building’s construction. It was removed from the building when the post office moved out in 1965, but was restored in 2003. A second mural by Biberman, “Creative Man” is still in storage.

Source notes

U.S. General Services Administration, "U.S. Courthouse, Los Angeles, CA" and "Los Angeles - Prehistoric and Spanish Colonial"

Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry

Location Info


312 Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Coordinates: 34.0551, -118.2425

Site Details

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2 comments on “U.S. Courthouse: Biberman Painting – Los Angeles CA

  1. Hello,
    I am doing research on WPA artists and Los Angeles institutions where WPA art appears. I searched this site but found no reference to the murals painted on the proscenium (a camel scene) at the Shrine Auditorium.

    Can you tell me the name of the artist that painted that mural?

    Thanks,
    Much appreciated

  2. Andrew Laverdiere

    Hello Sue.

    Not all artwork is documented which is why lost art often shows up after many years. Are you sure that it was a New Deal sponsored art piece? Does it have FAP or PWAP or Federal Art Program/Project anywhere on the mural? Do you have a newspaper clipping about it? With a little searching, I located 1926 photos of the auditorium that show the mural which is before the New Deal began in 1933.

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2 comments on “U.S. Courthouse: Biberman Painting – Los Angeles CA

  1. Hello,
    I am doing research on WPA artists and Los Angeles institutions where WPA art appears. I searched this site but found no reference to the murals painted on the proscenium (a camel scene) at the Shrine Auditorium.

    Can you tell me the name of the artist that painted that mural?

    Thanks,
    Much appreciated

  2. Andrew Laverdiere

    Hello Sue.

    Not all artwork is documented which is why lost art often shows up after many years. Are you sure that it was a New Deal sponsored art piece? Does it have FAP or PWAP or Federal Art Program/Project anywhere on the mural? Do you have a newspaper clipping about it? With a little searching, I located 1926 photos of the auditorium that show the mural which is before the New Deal began in 1933.

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