Ralph Stackpole

<p>Ralph Ward Stackpole (May 1, 1885 – December 10, 1973) was an American <a href="/facts/Sculpture/F01q8gtb">sculptor</a>, painter, muralist, etcher and art educator, <a href="/facts/San_Francisco/cb9l7hbC">San Francisco</a>'s leading artist during the 1920s and 1930s. Stackpole was involved in the art and causes of <a href="/facts/Social_realism/LPCpR7l9">social realism</a>, especially during the <a href="/facts/Great_Depression/5K13wcg0">Great Depression</a>, when he was part of the <a href="/facts/Public_Works_of_Art_Project/s2oXpFH0">Public Works of Art Project</a>, <a href="/facts/Federal_Art_Project/HjwBaC5J">Federal Art Project</a> of the <a href="/facts/Works_Progress_Administration/BTnBat98">Works Progress Administration</a>, and the Treasury Department's <a href="/facts/Section_of_Painting_and_Sculpture/kMaBjem7">Section of Painting and Sculpture</a>.  Stackpole was responsible for recommending that architect <a href="/facts/Timothy_L._Pflueger/vnPlAQU4">Timothy L. Pflueger</a> bring Mexican muralist <a href="/facts/Diego_Rivera/rgY2IJvV">Diego Rivera</a> to San Francisco to work on the <a href="/facts/Pacific_Exchange/lqoIWwKN">San Francisco Stock Exchange</a> and its attached office tower in 1930–31. His son <a href="/facts/Peter_Stackpole/CvUYSutb">Peter Stackpole</a> became a well-known photojournalist.
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Ralph Stackpole