The Beach Chalet at the western end of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco contains several New Deal artworks. Lucian Labaudt painted a set of monochrome frescoes around the stairwell and in the corridor to the restrooms on the south… read more
The Beach Chalet contains several New Deal artworks. Include decorative mosaics by Primo Caredio, done in 1937. They are located in the South Staircase and over the north and east doorways of the large first-floor lobby. All the Beach Chalet… read more
Piedmont High School was graced with four New Deal artworks in the 1930s, two of which have disappeared. They were commissioned by the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), which also constructed a new library and a… read more
The distinctive and historic New Deal post office in Santa Monica was constructed in 1937-8 with federal Treasury Department funds.
The Friant Dam is one of three major dams in the giant Central Valley Project in Northern California, along with Shasta and Folsom, built by the federal Bureau of Reclamation. Initial funding for the CVP came through the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act… read more
“The foyer of Barnum Hall displays a handsome tile mosaic fifteen by seventeen feet in size, called “The Vikings.” The mosaic, and the mural on the asbestos stage curtain [“Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla”], are the work of a… read more
From Wikipedia: “Emerson Middle School’s main building was designed by architect Richard Neutra in the International Style of Architecture, and built between 1937 and 1938. It is a two-story, steel-framed structure with strong horizontals. The first-floor classrooms have large, 15-foot… read more
The post office contains two large murals collectively titled “Farm Life.” The murals, painted by George Harris in 1937, were funded by TRAP. A third mural entitled “The Trek of Father Crespi–1777” was painted by Katherine Works in 1938, but… read more
Milford Zornes painted an enormous oil-on-canvas mural, “California Landscape”, in the Claremont CA post office. The 58′ x 3’4″ mural wraps around all four walls of the lobby of the post office, appearing as more of a frieze than a… read more
The Public Works Administration (PWA) funded a new fire station for Porterville in 1937. This building replaced the original fire station, which was on an adjacent lot and where the new City Hall was constructed (also a New Deal building)…. read more