New Deal/WPA Art In Bronx, New York
The following is from the Bronx Art Website and ""Soundview - A Mural of Strength, but for Its Invisibility" (pdf file) By Seth Kugel, New York Times:
Artist |
Title |
Date |
Medium |
Size |
Location |
Ilya Bolotowsky |
Untitled |
1941 |
mosaic |
42" x 42" |
Theodore Roosevelt High School, |
Francis Costa |
"The Old Bronx" and "The Bronx Today" |
1939 |
2 oil on canvas panels |
144" x 180" |
P.S. 11, |
Alfred Floegel |
"The History of the World and Constellation" |
1941 |
mural, oil on canvas |
928 sq. ft. |
DeWitt Clinton High School |
Bertram Goodman |
"Evolution of the Book" |
ca. 1936 |
oil on canvas |
72" x 264" |
Theodore Roosevelt High School |
Edna Hershman |
"Industry and Farming" |
1941 |
2 oil on canvas panels |
151" x 100" |
Olinville Junior High School |
Henry Kreis |
"The Letter" |
1935, 1938 |
limestone relief |
13' 4" x 8' 4" x 3' |
Bronx Central Post Office |
James Michael Newell |
"Development of Western Civilization" |
ca. 1938 |
9 fresco murals |
48" x 96" to 168" x 264" |
Evander Childs High School |
Charles Yardley Turner |
"Opening the Erie Canal" |
n/a |
2 murals, oil on canvas |
150" x 189" |
DeWitt Clinton High School |
Domenico Mortellito |
unknown |
ca. 1934 |
unknown |
n/a |
Soundview Library, |
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