San Francisco Board of Education votes to paint over school’s George Washington mural - The Washington Post"The San Francisco Board of Education voted Tuesday to paint over a mural depicting scenes in the life of George Washington at a high school bearing his name after an advisory board said the artwork doesn’t represent the school’s values.
...Painted in 1936 by Victor Arnautoff, a native of Russia and protege of muralist Diego Rivera, the mural at the 2,000-student public school was commissioned by the Federal Art Project — a New Deal program to fund visual arts.
“...We believe students shouldn’t be exposed to violent imagery — that it’s degrading.”
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