Coit Tower in San Francisco

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Coit Tower in San Francisco is filled with fresco murals created as part of the PWAP (Public Works of Art Project), a precursor program to the WPA Arts Programs of the 1930's and 40's.

The tower has a great website which features history, pictures and information on the murals and artists who created artworks for the tower.

It's also informative about the technique the artists used to create the interior murals; fresco.  This page offers an interesting summary of the technique as used in the Tower.

Silver Hill Atelier recently completed an extensive mural project using true fresco techniques.  You can see pics of it here (the top two photos on the page), and I'll be sure to blog the project at some point in the future!

The Coit Tower website is a fascinating site to start exploring early American public mural projects, as well as learning more about the technique of Fresco. 

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