Slide Title

Worcester: Foster St.

Photographer/Creator

Chester Smolski
Sante Graziani

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Date

8-1-1979

Description

Foster St. in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts photographed in 1979. The mural to the right was painted by Sante Graziani (1920-2005), who was the head of the School at the Worcester Art Museum from 1951-1972 and its dean from 1972-1981. The mural depicts five illustrations of George Washington, and is known as the "Wall O'Washingtons.

Notes

Bibliography: Orr, Sara J. Selections from the American Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts and the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum. Springfield, Mass: Springfield Library & Museums Association, 1999. pp. 80-82

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

Creator 2 Dates

1920-2005

Creator 2 Role

Muralist

Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

cityscape, downtown, public art, mural, streetscape

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