"Something of his own soil": Jewish history, mural painting, and Bernard Zakheim in San Francisco (1). From: American Jewish History | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: Boone, M. Elizabeth | COPYRIGHT 2002 American Jewish Historical Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt agreed to support artists struggling to make a living during the Great Depression, arts administrators in San Francisco received funding for a major mural project in which Jewish artist Bernard Zakheim (1896-1985) would participate. Zakheim was one of approximately twenty-five artists commissioned to paint the interior of Coit Tower, the large monument constructed atop Telegraph Hill in 1932-33 with funds bequeathed to the city by Lillie Hitchcock Coit...