Title	Cleveland in 1833 Mural
Subject	Arts and Entertainment Literary Ohio Libraries Murals Cityscapes
Place	Cleveland (Ohio) Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description	William Sommer (1867-1949) created this mural, titled The City in 1833, for the Cleveland Public Library as part of the Public Works of Art Project during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The painting is an oil on canvas and measures 288" x 240" (731.52 x 609.6 cm). The painting was hung in Brett Hall at the Cleveland Public Library. As a tax-supported institution, the Cleveland Public Library was eligible to commission and receive art works from the first New Deal art program, the Public Works of Art Project, which operated from December 1933 to June 1934 under the auspices of the United States Treasury Department. The purpose of the program, inspired in part by the Mexican government's subsidized mural movement of the 1920s, was to provide work relief for unemployed artists during the Great Depression and create works of "American Scene" public art for government and public buildings. Cleveland Public Library Director Linda Eastman was the sister of Cleveland artist and art educator William Joseph Eastman, a member of the Cleveland art project advisory committee. She believed that art offered solace to library users in a troubled time. Murals were installed in the main library and 34 neighborhood branch libraries.
Creator	Sommer, William, 1867-1949
Date of Original	1934
Collection	Cleveland Public Library New Deal Mural Collection
Source	Audiovisual material;
Submitting Institution	Cleveland Public Library, Preservation
Rights	Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information.
Type	StillImage
File Name	Om2017_2808644_005.tif
Image Height	4521
Image Width	3721
File Size	3905.223 KB
Searchable Date	1934; *
Format	picture

Cleveland in 1833 Mural

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