City Hall Murals – South Gate CA

City:
South Gate, CA

Site Type:
Murals, Art Works

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

Completed:
1941

Artists:
Arthur Prunier, Frank Bowers

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

In 1941, Frank Bowers and Arthur Prunier painted two murals at City Hall in South Gate, CA. The murals, which depict people involved in economic and leisure activities, were funded by the WPA’s Federal Arts Project (FAP).

Bowers and Prunier also collaborated on a FAP mural at the Ruth Home in El Monte, CA.

Source notes

South Gate museum curator Allan Treen

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on May 15, 2013.

Location Info


8650 California Ave
South Gate, CA 90280
Los Angeles County

Coordinates: 33.9557, -118.2050

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