Ralph Stackpole
Visual Artist
1885 – 1973
Who was Ralph Stackpole?
Ralph Ward Stackpole was an American sculptor, painter, muralist, etcher and art educator, San Francisco's leading artist during the 1920s and 1930s. Stackpole was involved in the art and causes of social realism, especially during the Great Depression, when he was part of the Federal Art Project for the Works Progress Administration. Stackpole was responsible for recommending that architect Timothy L. Pflueger bring Mexican muralist Diego Rivera to San Francisco to work on the San Francisco Stock Exchange and its attached office tower in 1930–31. His son Peter Stackpole became a well-known photojournalist.
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- Born
- May 1, 1885
Williams - Also known as
- Ralph Ward Stackpole
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Lived in
- Williams
- Died
- Dec 13, 1973
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on July 23, 2013
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