Stackpole mural, August 1937 produced under the federal TRAP program • Sacramento City College
“Importance of Education in Sacramento” by Ralph Stackpole 1937
Auditorium Lobby, Sacramento City College
painted 1937 with support from the WPA Federal Art Project.
“San Francisco painter and sculptor Ralph Stackpole was among the artists who created on the federal dime. He spent the summer of 1937 painting a mural on plaster in the lobby of the auditorium at Sacramento Junior College on Freeport Boulevard, since renamed Sacramento City College.
Stackpole’s mural depicts people engaged in various forms of work, such as designing an airplane and farming.”
The mural is 30′ x 10′ tempera on plaster.
WPA-mural_Sacramento college Stackpole_office scene
Stackpole mural, August 1937 produced under the federal TRAP program • Sacramento City College
“Importance of Education in Sacramento” by Ralph Stackpole 1937
Auditorium Lobby, Sacramento City College
painted 1937 with support from the WPA Federal Art Project.
“San Francisco painter and sculptor Ralph Stackpole was among the artists who created on the federal dime. He spent the summer of 1937 painting a mural on plaster in the lobby of the auditorium at Sacramento Junior College on Freeport Boulevard, since renamed Sacramento City College.
Stackpole’s mural depicts people engaged in various forms of work, such as designing an airplane and farming.”
The mural is 30′ x 10′ tempera on plaster.
WPA-mural_Sacramento college Stackpole_office scene