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'''<font face = arial light> <font color = maroon> <font size = 3>Unfinished History</font></font> </font>''' | |||
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'''Labaudt, following the precedent set by many of his era's fellow artists to include other artists, depicts here Gottardo Piazzoni, a Swiss-Italian muralist who worked in San Francisco during the first two decades of the 20th century.''' | |||
'' | ''Photos: Chris Carlsson'' | ||
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'''A variety of family, friends and students populate this bucolic beach scene, with the still under construction Golden Gate Bridge in the background. ''' | |||
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'''Lucien Labaudt's [[Labaudt's Inspirational Beach Chalet Murals|Beach Chalet murals]]: John McLaren (G.G. Park Superintendent) in left foreground on bench, with Jack Spring (later General Manager of Parks and Rec Dept.) holding redwood tree's root ball, while behind on horseback (upper left corner) sit sculptor [[Beniamino Bufano on Public Art|Benny Bufano]] and Joseph Danysh, then head of [[California's Not So Radical New Deal Murals | California Federal Art Project]].''' | |||
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Latest revision as of 01:24, 8 January 2009
Unfinished History
Labaudt, following the precedent set by many of his era's fellow artists to include other artists, depicts here Gottardo Piazzoni, a Swiss-Italian muralist who worked in San Francisco during the first two decades of the 20th century.
Photos: Chris Carlsson
A variety of family, friends and students populate this bucolic beach scene, with the still under construction Golden Gate Bridge in the background.
Lucien Labaudt's Beach Chalet murals: John McLaren (G.G. Park Superintendent) in left foreground on bench, with Jack Spring (later General Manager of Parks and Rec Dept.) holding redwood tree's root ball, while behind on horseback (upper left corner) sit sculptor Benny Bufano and Joseph Danysh, then head of California Federal Art Project.