Gordon B. Newell (1905 - 1998)
I looked at the woodcut (bas relief) in the main office (Belmont HS) again this morning and the artist's signature (not easy to read) was Gordon Newell. Turns out he was a relatively big artist around LA in the 1930's (a bio I run across said he taught at the Chouinard Art School and Occidental). He died near Carmel in 1998. His "The Horseman" is apparently in the Hollywood Post Office: The United States Post Office in Hollywood , Los Angeles, California, also known as Hollywood Station , is an active U.S. post office located at 1615 Wilcox. It is on the National Register of Historic Places . Design In 1937, renowned Art Deco architect Claud Beelman , a partner at Curlett + Beelman, was commissioned by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) to design the Hollywood Post Office Building. A wooden bas-relief inside, titled "The Horseman", was carved by artist Gordon Newell as a WPA commission and still stands above a door. The ground breaking was...