Murals at Richmond Post Office

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Murals at Richmond Post Office are a series of New Deal–era public artworks by Victor Arnautoff depicting local history and community life in Richmond, California.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal artwork
United States post office mural
public mural series
access publicly accessible
artForm mural
artisticStyle narrative figurative painting
associatedWith Works Progress Administration
surface form: Works Progress Administration art initiatives
commissionedBy Federal Art Project
surface form: U.S. Treasury Department art program
commissionedUnder New Deal
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Victor Arnautoff
culturalContext American New Deal public art
depicts community life in Richmond, California
historical scenes of Richmond, California
local history of Richmond, California
local landscapes of Richmond, California
workers in Richmond, California
era Great Depression
genre social realism
hasCreator Victor Arnautoff
hasPart individual mural panels
hasSubject everyday life of Richmond residents
labor and industry in Richmond, California
maritime activity in Richmond, California
heritageDesignation New Deal–era public art
inception 1930s
intendedAudience general public
languageOfWork English
locatedIn Richmond, California
United States of America
surface form: United States

interior of Richmond Post Office building
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Contra Costa County
surface form: Contra Costa County, California
locatedInBuilding Richmond Main Post Office
materialUsed paint
medium mural painting
movement Federal Art Project
surface form: New Deal art movement
partOf federal post office art program
significantPerson Victor Arnautoff
theme community identity
local history
public service
use historical commemoration
public decoration

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Victor Arnautoff notableWork Murals at Richmond Post Office