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County CollectionLa Crescenta LibraryIssuanceArtist:
Evan Le Grande Wilson
Date:
2009
Region:
San Gabriel Valley
District:
Fifth
Location:
La Crescenta Library
2809 Foothill Boulevard La Crescenta, CA 91214 Architect:
Carde Ten Architects
Department:
Public Library
 
Photos by: Patrick McElhenney | Click for larger photos
Project DescriptionThe new La Crescenta Library, resembling the early 20th Century Arts and Crafts style of architecture, features high ceilings, comfortable furniture and light-flooded readings areas for children and adults. The building was dedicated on January 29, 2010. Artist Evan Le Grande Wilson created three large-scale murals and a 300-foot frieze for the interior of the library. The artwork, painted on durable thin canvas and installed like wallpaper, features local landscapes that mimic views seen from the adjacent windows resembling early 20th century landscape paintings of the west. The arts and crafts style of the work carries over to the mural in the children’s section where Wilson melds fantastical and whimsical imagery with this style. About the ArtistEvan Le Grande Wilson, a painter and graduate of UCLA, has executed public and private commissions nationally, including murals for the City of San Gabriel's Auditorium and SBC/Pacific Bell in Newport Beach. Wilson, a La Crescenta resident, is known for his versatile decorative painting styles, including gilding, trompe d'oeil and scrollwork. He has also restored historic murals at the City of Los Angeles' City Hall and the St. Andrews Baptistry in Pasadena, among many others. In May 2006, his sample painting for the dome at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in North Hollywood, titled Ascension Scene for the Main Dome, was selected for exhibit at the M. C. Escher Museum in the Hague, Netherlands. More Images Available for Viewing and Download Crescenta Valley Weekly: Week in Review Podcast |
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