Jun 102012
Telegraph Hill
Coit Tower
WPA Murals
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Stockbroker and Scientist by Mallete (Harold) Dean
Their are six figures that stand alone in the Tower. (You can review the first four here). The stockbroker/banker is thought to be A.P. Giannini, founder of the Bank of Italy that later became Bank of America. The Scientist is Nobel Prize winner, Albert Abraham Michelson. He holds an interferometer and a scroll and stands near a picture of the James Lick Observatory which is on Mount Hamilton in San Jose, California. Notice how the door of the observatory is a light switch.
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Mallete Dean was one of the more prolific painters of government sponsored murals in Northern California. Born in Washington in 1907, he studied at the California School of Fine Arts. He was a furniture designer, decorator of books and graphic artist, for many years he created labels for the California wine industry. Other works include the orchard scene in the Sebastapol, California Post Office. He died in San Francisco in 1975.
Thanks for sharing these. I love them!
These are such fun murals. The use of existing elements in the artwork is vey amusing.
Another set of great detail shots!
I get the feeling of ‘larger than life’ personalities here with his perspective. Very important men of the times.
Aaah, I wish I could do this kind of art. Not in my lifetime… 🙂
Happy Sunday!
Nineteen years in the Bay Area, and I never saw these. Thanks for the tour and education!
xoRobyn
I have to see that tower one day!
It’s amazing how many images were feasible in such a tight space. I feel that this series is a true public service. Grazie, Principessa.
All six of these men are wonderful! I love the perspective.
Such formidable men with such formidable shoulders.