Lee Brozgold and Students of P.S. 41
The, Greenwich Village Murals
1994

Mosaic and ceramic tiles

With special thanks to P.S. 41:
Art teacher Deborah Lewis and student artists Joseph Breed, Alex Chester, Marc Freshman, Stephen Giglio, Lila Gollogly, Steven Gouin, Georgia Kung, Enrique Lomnitz, and Jamaal Thomas

Fabricated by Sherle Wagner International, Inc. and Miotto Mosaics.

Commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority Arts for Transit and MTA New York City Transit

The murals at the Christopher Street/Sheridan Square subway station were done by school students under the guidance of an art teacher. The paintings express characters who were part of the people of Greenwich Village

The paintings were taken on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image
The paintings are from a series called "Bohemian People"

The following pictures show the paintings and a brief explanation about them
The following personalities appear from right to left in the photo:
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942) - American sculptor, founder of the Whitney Museum in New York
Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953) - the playwright, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, appears with the mask of an actor from the Greek tragedies in his hand, this in light of his tragic plays.
Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) - appears as a framed picture, the poet associated with the American "Beat Generation"
Ada Clare (1834-1874) - American actress and writer.
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) - the well-known French-American artist (mostly known for his work "Fountain" which is not a public variable). In the picture he appears as the female character he adopted as a second identity - Rose Slavi
Hippolyte Howell (1871-1950) - an anarchist of Czech origin, who after serving in prison in his native country moved to Greenwich Village where he worked in a restaurant that attracted many Bohemians. In the picture he appears as a waiter
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The following personalities appear from right to left in the photo:
George Cram Cook (1873-1924) - theater producer, director, playwright and university professor who lived for a time in the Village
Mabel Dodge (1879–1962) - patron of the arts, in whose living room cultural and spiritual events were held, where the best intellectuals of New York were present
Max Eastman (1883–1969) - writer, poet and political activist. He supported socialism and was active in radical circles.
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The following personalities appear from right to left in the photo:
Floyd Dell (1887–1969) - newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, poet and playwright. After moving to the Village in 1913 after a stay in Chicago, he became a leader of New York’s post-war bohemian society. Together with Max Eastman (from the previous picture) he edited the magazine "The Liberator" (the many pages of the newspaper that appear next to his image indicate his work)
John Sloan (1871–1951) - American painter and engraver. Considered one of the founders of the "Ashcan School" which included artists who painted in a realistic style in the early 1920s.
Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892–1950) - poet and playwright. Pulitzer Prize Winner for Poetry. She holds a comic mask of the Greek theater to indicate the fact that she was one of the founders of the Cherry-Lane Theater
Margaret C. Anderson (1886–1973) - editor and founder of the avant-garde magazine "The Little Review"
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Additional signs at other platforms:
Founders Click for sign's details
Providers Click for sign's details