Leon Sitarchuk - Education & Life: Lost Murals July 23, 2008

In the late 1930s, one very young artist, a student at Simon Gratz High School, gave Philadelphians a taste of what could be done with murals in a context that wedded art and education. The three wall paintings he produced are no longer with us, having been destroyed in renovations decades ago, when such works were out of favor. The artist's studies, nevertheless, survive and are displayed once again to remind visitors of the treasures Philadelphia needs to save.