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Post Office Mural
"Agriculture and Industry" by Bernard Zacheim in Rusk
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey , February 2009 |
| Polish
immigrant Bernard Baruch Zakheim, originally an upholsterer, begun
studying art in Europe after WWI
and requested political asylum in the U.S. in 1920. After arriving
in San Francisco, he continued his art training at the California
School of Fine Arts (which later became the San Francisco Art Institute).
He painted the library portion of the mural in San Francisco's Coit
Tower (Diego Rivera being another contributing artist) and painted
"The History of Medicine" at the University of California Medical
Center. The post office
mural in Mineola, Texas is another of his works. In his later
years he became a sculptor, working in wood and stone. |
| Signature of
Bernard Zacheim |
Close-up view
of Post Office Mural "Agriculture and Industry"
Photos courtesy Gerald
Massey , February 2009 |
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