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Victor Arnautoff

Biography

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Emory Douglas: Making a Scene

 

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Richmond Industrial City by Victor Arnautoff

 

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Danny Glover On The Victor Arnautoff Murals at George Washington High

 

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Native Elder Perspective on Arnautoff Murals

 

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Professor Dewey Crumpler Discusses GWHS Murals

Victor Mikhail Arnautoff was a Russian-American painter and professor of art. He worked in San Francisco and the Bay Area from 1925 to 1963, including two decades as a teacher at Stanford University, and was particularly prolific as a muralist during the 1930s. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen, but returned to the Soviet Union after the death of his wife, continuing his career there before his death.
  • Personal 

  • Schooling and early work in San Francisco and Mexico 

  • Work in the Bay Area 

  • Teaching and political activity 

  • George Washington High School controversy 

  • Other locations