- City:
- San Diego, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP), Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1937
- Artist:
- Charles Reiffel
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Two oil on canvas murals, entitled “Farm Landscape” and “Point Loma,” were painted by Charles Reiffel on a commission from the WPA Federal Art Project in 1937. They were originally installed at Memorial Junior High School and now hang in the San Diego History Center downstairs at the Casa de Balboa.
Each mural measures 10′ x 10′. Some contemporary critics called Reiffel “America’s Van Gogh” (Balboa Park Beat, October 2012).
Source notes
https://www.newdealartregistry.org/renderartworks/CasaDeBalboaBalboaPark/SanDiego/CA/
https://www.balboapark.org/blogs/balboa-park-beat/understanding-san-diego%E2%80%99s-van-gogh?page=1#.VMkCCca9U6l
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Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal Site!["Farm Landscape"](https://livingnewdeal.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/2703-farmlandscape.1_display.jpg ""Farm Landscape", Photo by: Barbara Bernstein, Copyright: Public Domain - Click for full screen")
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