Urban Oasis: MacArthur Park Westlake Metro Station
by Sonia Romero
2010 / Porcelain mosaic tile / 13-panel mural / Commissioned by the Los Angeles Metro
Tag Archives: Murals
June 25~ Pride Month
Paul Cadmus and Jared French and Margaret Hoening
(PaJaMa)
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Margaret Hoening was a painter and an etcher [who studied] at the Art Students League. There, she met the artist couple Paul Cadmus and Jared French. In 1937, she married French, fifteen years her junior, who had spent the previous decade with Cadmus. The trio formed a tight bond, with Cadmus and French continuing their relationship. Together, the three formed PaJaMa (a mashup of their first names, Paul, Jared, and Margaret).
~https://d6jcg90g7mpvu.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/margarethoeningfrench.pdf
Self Portrait by Margaret Hoening French
ND / Pencil on Paper / Private collection
Circus Performers and Animals by Margaret Hoening French
ND / Gouache on board / Private collection
June 24~ Pride Month
Paul Cadmus and Jared French
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In 1928, Cadmus…met Jared French, who encouraged him to quit making commercial art. The two became lovers and traveled to Europe from 1931 until 1932, living in a Mallorcan fishing village and learning and refining the egg tempera technique for which Cadmus became known. ~Paul Cadmus’ Greenwich Village
Paul Cadmus by Jared French
1944 / Pencil and brush and ink wash with white heightening / Private Collection
Jerry (Jared French) by Paul Cadmus
1931 / Oil on canvas / Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
National Poetry Month~ April 28
Maya Angelou by Shawn Michael Warren
2019 / Mural / Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School, Los Angeles, CA
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Maya Angelou~ https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/maya-angelou
Women’s History Month in Visual Arts~ March 24
Canario by Rina Lazo
1988 / Oil on linen / 15 3/4”x11 7/8” / Private collection
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See also: March 24~ Women’s History Month in visual arts
https://schristywolfe.com/2018/03/24/march-24-womens-history-month-in-visual-arts/
December 2, 1954~ U.S Senate votes to censure Senator Joseph McCarthy
The Red Scare and McCarthyism (detail) designed by Judith F. Baca
with Matt Weurker, Jan Cook, and additional SPARC design team members
1974-1984 / Painted mural by Judith F. Baca working with the Social and Public Art Resource Center
13 1/2’ x 2,754’ / Great Wall of Los Angeles Mural, Tujunga Flood Control Channel, CA
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Previous December 2 posts:
December 2~ Animals in Art
JF Auburtin: Born December 2, 1866
Maria Callas: Born December 2, 1923
Artist Birthday Quiz for 12/2~
November 11, 1918~ Germany signs Armistice with the Allies, ending WWI
The Armistice by Eugene Savage
1926 / Watercolor on Artist’s Paper / 29”x52” / Preparatory Work for Elks National Memorial Mural, Chicago, IL
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Previous November 11 posts:
November 11~ Artists at their Easels
Marie Anna Zacharias~ born November 11, 1828
Artist Birthday Quiz for 11/11~
October 15, 1939~ Dedication of NY Municipal Airport (later LaGuardia Airport)
Flight (detail), a mural by James Brooks
1939-1942; sealed and painted over 1952; uncovered and restored late 1970s; rededicated September 18, 1980
Painting on curved canvas panels / 12’x237’ / Marine Air Terminal, Terminal A, LaGuardia Airport
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Previous October 15 posts:
Autumn~ October 15
Artist Birthday Quiz for 10/15~
July 16, 1956~ Last show under a “Big Top” for Ringling Bros. and Barnum + Bailey Circus
Top of the Tent by Esther Bruton
1930 / Drypoint / 8”x6” / Various, including National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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Previous July 16 posts:
Summer~ July 16
“Redes” released on July 16, 1936 (Mexico City)
Charles Sheeler: Born July 16, 1883
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/16~
July 9, 1887~ Mexican painter Saturnino Herrán is born
Young Woman with Pumpkin by Saturnino Herrán
1917 / Colored pencils on paper / 22 2/5”x15 1/3”
Andrés Blaisten Collection, University Cultural Center Tlatelolco, Mexico
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Saturnino Herran on artnet.com~ http://www.artnet.com/artists/saturnino-herran/
Previous July 9 posts:
Summer~ July 9
David Hockney: Born July 9, 1937
Artist Birthday Quiz for 7/9~
