Victor Arnautoff

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Victor Arnautoff was a Russian-American muralist and painter known for his prominent New Deal–era public artworks in San Francisco and his politically charged, socially realist style.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian-American
artist
muralist
painter
person
artisticTheme American history
social inequality
working-class life
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire
United States of America
educatedAt Art Institute of San Francisco
California School of Fine Arts
employer Coit Tower
surface form: Coit Tower mural project

Public Works of Art Project
Works Progress Administration
familyName Victor Arnautoff self-linksurface differs
surface form: Arnautoff
fieldOfWork easel painting
mural painting
genre mural
painting
givenName Victor
hasOccupation art teacher
muralist
painter
influencedBy Diego Rivera
Mexican muralism
languageOfWorkOrName English
Russian
movement Social realism
notableFor New Deal–era public artworks in San Francisco
politically charged murals
socially realist style
notableWork City Life (mural)
Coit Tower
surface form: Library murals at Coit Tower

Life of Washington (George Washington High School murals)
Murals at George Washington High School, San Francisco
Murals at Palo Alto Medical Clinic
Murals at Richmond Post Office
Murals at South San Francisco Post Office
Rout of the Sanhedrin (mural)
participatedIn New Deal art programs
politicalAlignment communist sympathies
left-wing
residence California, United States
surface form: California

San Francisco
style politically charged art
social realism
workLocation San Francisco Bay Area
surface form: Bay Area

San Francisco

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Coit Tower hasArtist Victor Arnautoff