Some of my favorite murals in SF

27-panel work detailing the “History of San Francisco” located at the Rincon Post Office in San Francisco.

Anton Refregier (1905-1979) born in Moscow. His most famous mural is the 27-panel work.  Refregier won this commission from the Section of Fine Arts in 1940 and completed the work in 1948. This mural was the costliest ($26,000) and most controversial of the Public Works, sparking national debate over the inclusion of controversial events from California’s history. Shortly after the murals’ completion a conservative Republican Congressman (the now forgotten Herbert Scudder- erroneously referred to as a senator or a state Representative) demanded the work be covered, insisting the work defamed the pioneers and reflected negatively on California’s past.

(credit to ERIC on Flickr 2003)