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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/1790/1797-02.jpg
Title	Chicano murals, Estrada Courts Housing Project, East Los Angeles.
Creator	Botello, David (American muralist, active 20th century) Herron, Willie (American muralist and performance artist, born 1951) Haro, Daniel (American muralist, active 20th century) Lopez, Frank (American muralist, active 20th century) Goez (Gil Hernandez) (American muralist, active 20th century) Gronk (American muralist and painter, born 1954) Felix, Charles W. (American painter, sculptor, and muralist, died 1990)
Date	mid- to late 1970s
Cultural Context	Chicano Mexican-American Hispanic American North American
Style/Period	Mexican American Hispanic American
Theme	Mural paintings (visual works) Paintings (visual works) Site-specific works Cultural heritage Culture Identity Ethnic groups Ethnicity Minorities Social status Social groups Social classes Social issues Social structure Barrios Neighborhoods Residential districts Housing projects Low income housing Low cost housing Affordable housing Public housing Housing (concept) Buildings Dwellings Walls Exterior walls Exterior views Figures (representations) Figurative art Men (male humans) Women Husbands Wives Spouses Children (people by age group) Boys Girls Youth Bathers Artists Painters (artists) Muralists (painters) Presidents Politicians Heads (representations) Heads (animal or human components) Faces (animal or human components) Costume (mode of fashion) Hats Dresses (garments) Bathing suits Bikinis (bathing suits) Two-piece bathing suits Beachwear Foreshortening Front views Back views Busts Dreams Fantasy Imagination Childhood Play (recreation) Recreation Standing Embracing Swinging Sitting Tires Swings Slides (recreation equipment) Airplanes Toys (recreational artifacts) Memorials Political art Montages (visual works) Flames Torches (lighting devices) Geometric abstraction Geometric patterns Abstraction Symbols Sunbursts Crescents (shapes) Stars Stripes Flags Capitols Palettes (painting equipment) Landscapes (representations) Mountains Clouds Sky Trees Plants (vegetation) Vegetation Shrubs Flowers (plants) Animals Wild animals Snakes Birds Eagles (birds) Horses Fences Chain link fences Inscriptions Words Text (layout feature) Capital letters
Subject	Murals Paintings Ethnic groups Ethnic neighborhoods Social aspects Social classes Minorities Neighborhoods Residential facilities Housing Buildings Dwellings Walls Men Women Couples Spouses Children Boys Girls Youth Artists Presidents Politicians Government officials Clothing & dress Hats Dresses Bow ties Bathing suits Bikinis (Bathing suits) Sunbathing Backs (Anatomy) Heads (Anatomy) Faces Beards Muscles Standing Sitting Hugging Fantasy Childhood & youth Play (Recreation) Recreation Toys Airplanes Model airplanes Paper airplanes Tires Swings Slides Memorial works Social justice Police brutality Olympic flame Torches Montages Abstract paintings Abstract works Stars Stripes Sun Moon Celestial bodies Symbols Flags Capitols Supernatural beings Animals Horses Giraffes Snakes Reptiles Birds Eagles Palettes Landscapes (Representations) Trees Plants Shrubs Mountains Clouds Flowers Fences Inscriptions
Description	By "various hands." (Lucie-Smith, p.448). The following information is from the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles: THE MURALS OF ESTRADA COURTS web page (http://www.lamurals.org/MuralFiles/ELA/EstradaCourts.html), accessed February 1, 2011: (3rd row down, far left) THE SUN BATHERS, Goez (Gil Hernandez), 1973, 3287 Olympic Blvd. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Bathers with their feet projecting forward a la Mexican master David Alfaro Siqueiros (whose portrait is also in the mural).; (top row, far left) DREAMS OF FLIGHT, David Botello, 1973-1978, 3241 Olympic Blvd. Cal-Western acrylic , 32' x 24'.The artist's first solo mural reveals some of his childhood fantasies; (bottom row, far left) MORATORIUM: THE BLACK AND WHITE MURAL, Willie Herron and Gronk, 1973, 3221 Olympic Blvd. Acrylic on stucco, 25' x 15' A black-and-white photo-realist montage portraying the 1970 anti-Vietnam War Chicano Moratorium, as well as imagery condemning police brutality in the barrio. In 1980 Herron returned to paint (in color) he and his wife embracing in the mural's lower right corner; (bottom row, center) Untitled, Frank Lopez, 1973, 3347 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Portraits of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy in front of an American flag. Between the two men is an eerie list of comparisons; (3rd row down, far right) Untitled, Daniel Haro, 1982, 3234 Olympic Blvd. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Horses in a natural setting; (2nd row down, center) OLYMPIA, Charles Felix, 1976, 3310 Hunter St. (walkway) Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24' Memorial to those killed during the 1976 Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, and in Mexico City in 1968; The following information is from the LAIST: Photos: The Murals of Estrada Courts web page (http://laist.com/2010/04/17/photos_the_murals_of_estrada_courts.php?gallery0Pic=4#gallery), accessed February 1, 2011: (3rd row down, center) "The Artist" Daniel Haro 1973 3237 Olympic Blvd. Acrylic on stucco, 32' x 24'.
People Pictured	Siqueiros, David Alfaro Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Location Depicted	Boyle Heights (Los Angeles, Calif.) East Los Angeles (Calif.) Los Angeles (Calif.) California
Material	Paint Acrylic paint Stucco
Technique	Painting (image-making) Mural painting (activity)
Work Type	Mural paintings (visual works) Murals Paintings Site-specific works
Source	Lucie-Smith, Edward. Art Today. London: Phaidon Press, 1995. (p.[449], fig.500).
Rights	Photo: Edward Lucie-Smith.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 1797-02.jpg
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