San Francisco Street
Hilaire Hiler, San Francisco Street, 1936, oil on Masonite, Allocated by the U.S. Government, Commissioned through New Deal art projects, public domain, L43.6.9
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- Title
San Francisco Street
- Artist
- Date
1936
- Medium
oil on Masonite
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
30 in x 20 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature; date: Hiler 1936, lower right
- Collection Area
Modern and Contemporary Art; American Art
- Category
Paintings
- Object Type
painting
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Allocated by the U.S. Government, Commissioned through New Deal art projects
- Accession Number
L43.6.9
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
Hiler was a proponent for modern art and best known for his abstract works. Born in Minnesota, he studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and University of Paris, where he supported himself by playing in a jazz band and managing a nightclub on the Left Bank. In the 1930s Hiler lived in San Francisco when he painted San Francisco Street. He was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration to paint murals in the Aquatic Park Bath House (now the National Maritime Museum).
