• Louisiana State Exhibit Museum - Shreveport LA
    This impressive art deco museum was built by the PWA: "Completed in 1939 as one of the New Deal’s Public Works projects, the Louisiana State Exhibit Museum is an architectural jewel, in the ultra modern style of the times. Layered inside and out with costly marble, granite and polished aluminum, the circular building surrounds a landscaped courtyard and features hand-cut limestone. Without a doubt, this is one of the most impressive buildings in the state. The original artworks include a monumental fresco on the front portico executed by famed muralist Conrad Albrizio that introduces the public to the beautifully rendered scale dioramas...
  • Louisiana State Exhibit Museum Albrizio Fresco - Shreveport LA
    As part of the original federal project funding the building of the museum, Conrad Albrizio was hired to paint this massive, recently restored fresco for the museum's entrance: "Conrad Albrizio is the artist of the four panels that comprise the massive fresco at the Louisiana State Exhibit Building. The amazing artwork covers 700 square feet of wall space around the Museum’s main entrance on Greenwood Road in Shreveport, Louisiana. Albrizio painted the mural in true fresco technique. This fresco and oil-painted murals throughout the museum depict images of Louisiana’s culture and economic development, including scenes from agriculture, lumber and oil industries,...