Lane Tech College Prep High School Lunchroom Murals – Chicago IL

City:
Chicago, IL

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Federal Arts Project (FAP), Arts Programs, Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1937

Artist:
Edgar Britton

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Unknown

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Among the New Deal artworks at Lane Tech High School are several frescoes in the school lunchroom, each depicting a different period of “Epochs in the History of Man.” These large (12′ x 14′) frescoes were painted by Edgar Britton in 1937 under the Federal Art Project (FAP), a branch of the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Source notes

https://chicagohistoricschools.wordpress.com/2012/11/12/albert-g-lane-technical-high-school/

Site originally submitted by New Deal Art Registry on July 27, 2014.

Location Info


2501 Addison Street
Chicago, IL 60618

Location notes: Fountain, Memorial Garden

Coordinates: 41.946708, -87.694127

Site Details

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