History of San Francisco (Refregier murals)
In 1941, Anton Refregier won the $26,000 commission for the series History of San Francisco, which are a set of 27 murals painted in the lobby of the Rincon Annex Post Office in San Francisco, California. Refregier painted the mural with casein tempera on white gesso over plaster walls, in the social realism style. Work was interrupted by World War II and restarted in 1946; the murals were completed in 1948.
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History of San Francisco (Refregier murals)
In 1941, Anton Refregier won the $26,000 commission for the series History of San Francisco, which are a set of 27 murals painted in the lobby of the Rincon Annex Post Office in San Francisco, California. Refregier painted the mural with casein tempera on white gesso over plaster walls, in the social realism style. Work was interrupted by World War II and restarted in 1946; the murals were completed in 1948.
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Rincon Annex is a Streamline M ...... he upper portion of each wall.
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— Anton Refregier
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— Congressman Richard Nixon
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— Julian Huxley
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Bottom: View northeast in Mission St lobby
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Lobbies of the Rincon Annex Po ...... ural series lining the frieze.
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Top: View northwest in Spear St lobby
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Mural, egg tempera on gesso
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I wish to thank you for your l ...... merican ideals and principles.
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History of San Francisco
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