Painter Victor Arnautoff’s 1936 mural “Life of Washington” has been on display at SF’s Washington High School for decades, and it seems to have been mired in controversy much of that time. Take down the Life of Washington mural in SF! This is one of SFUSD’s ‘Robert E Lee’ statues.”The Washington High Alumni Association immediately started a campaign to preserve the mural. pic.twitter.com/uIxbKryfK6 — John Bowles (@JPBowles) July 1, 2019The school board had considered appealing, but they won’t. The Examiner reports that the school board decided not to appeal the decision at a closed-session, late May meeting.

Source: New York Times June 10, 2022 21:37 UTC