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A week or two ago I treated myself to a trip to San Francisco's Coit Tower to see the frescos. They were painted in the 1930's by a group of artists: Arnautoff, Zakheim, Howard, Boynton, Stackpole, Moya del Pino, Oldfield, Berlandina, and Hesthal. These artists were obviously heavily influenced by Diego Rivera.
The artwork centers on themes of worker's plight in the 1930's, a time of great labor unrest. Many rich upper-crust San Franciscans were outraged by the left-wing slant of the artwork.
CLICK to see the full set of 24 Coit Tower frescos
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photo by Donald Kinney
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photo by Donald Kinney
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photo by Donald Kinney
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photo by Donald Kinney
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photo by Donald Kinney
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22 comments:
What beautiful frescoes! I was in SanFran once, but did not see these!
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You really photographed those well!
I actually used to live in San Francisco and I still read SFGATE.com on a regular basis, so I followed the tiger story very closely. Horrible tragedy, but they still don't know exactly what happened, do they?
During all of my visits in San Francisco, I've only once had time to climb to that hill, where Coit Tower is and of course, it happened to be closed at the time ...
If I someday make another visit to San Francisco, I'll make sure that I have to check these out.
Thanks for putting that up, Don. Quite brilliant aren't they - Dillinger blamed...
I love the style of these pictures. Thanks for sharing :)
Wow, those are lovely! If we'd known they were there back in June when we were in SF, we'd have gone to see them! Maybe next time.
These are wonderful! I've never seen anything like them.
What a great set of frescos.....thanks for sharing and the P is perfect for today!
These frescoes are so impressive, that I can imagine that you had a great time seeing them.
Great shots of the frescoes, especially when its indoor lighting.
Silly me, I always thought those were Diego Rivera frescoes.
Its been a lot of years since I saw them.
Been to SF several times, but never saw Coit Tower. Will definitely go there next visit! Thanks for sharing.
These are wonderful photos and absolutely amazing art. I went to the Coit Tower once many years ago but had no idea these were here as I think the place was locked up at the time. The view however was fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing them, and also for visiting me at my blog.
Wow, they are beautiful! Great history in them - thanks for sharing!
These are wonderful artwork. Every piece of the canvas is filled with details.
brilliant pictures of wonderful artworks. they exhibit such vibrancy!
awesome artwork.
these are beautiful photos of beautiful paintings.
A beutiful set of frescos, although I almost thought those were drawn with pencils.
Great photos, Don. One simply cannot trust artist not to lean toward the left.
What wonderful art work!
PERFECT choice for ABC Wednesday
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