Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli

Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli, also known as Dorothy Puccinelli Cravath (December 19, 1901 – May 24, 1974),[1] was a WPA-era artist and muralist based in San Francisco, California.

Dorothy W. Puccinelli
Born
Dorothy Wagner

(1901-12-19)December 19, 1901
San Antonio, Texas
DiedMay 24, 1974(1974-05-24) (aged 72)
Berkeley, California
NationalityAmerican
Other namesDorothy Puccinelli Cravath
Alma materCalifornia School of Fine Arts, Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design
StyleWPA-era murals and paintings

Biography

Born as Dorothy Wagner on December 19, 1901 in San Antonio, Texas, at age five her family moved and settling in Half Moon Bay, California.[2] In 1919, she enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts and then continued in 1925 at the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design in San Francisco to studied with Beniamino Bufano.[2][3]

Her first marriage was to artist Raymond Puccinelli which ended in divorce. In 1941, Dorothy married Austin Cravath (brother of artist Ruth Cravath) and together they had a daughter named Anne.[2][4]

In 1937, Puccinelli created a 6′ x 8′ tempera-on-canvas mural called Vacheros at the post office in Merced, California.[5][6] The mural was funded by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts.[5]

In 1939, Puccinelli worked with artist, Helen Katharine Forbes to paint the interior four panel murals of the Mother's Building at the San Francisco Zoo.[7][8] The four murals depict a Noah's Ark-theme with animals and were funded by Federal Art Project (FAP) and Works Progress Administration (WPA).[7][9] From 1978 until 2002, the Mother's Building served as a gift shop for the zoo, the mural is now in need of restoration and the room is only used for special events.[10]

References
  1. "Dorothy W. PUCCINELLI (1901–1974)". California Art Research Archive. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  2. "Dorothy Puccinelli". AskArt. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  3. Dorothy Wagner Puccinelli and Raymond Puccinelli (PDF). 1937.
  4. Two San Francisco Artists and Their Contemporaries, 1920–1975 (PDF). Berkeley, CA: University of California, Berkeley & The Bancroft Library. 1977.
  5. "Post Office: Puccinelli Mural". Living New Deal. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  6. "California New Deal Art". WPAmurals.com. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  7. "San Francisco Zoo, Mother's House Murals". Living New Deal. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  8. "The Art Deco Preservation Awards". Art Deco Society. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  9. "Senate's stimulus bill is nothing like Roosevelt's New Deal". McClatchy DC. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  10. "Event: Save the SF Zoo's Mother's Building". Living New Deal. Retrieved 2016-03-14.


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