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Sangre de Cristos from Old Santa Fe Trail, Sangre de Cristo by William Penhallow Henderson
Photo CreditGSA\Chris Adams
Sangre de Cristos from Old Santa Fe Trail, Sangre de Cristo
Photo CreditGSA\Chris Adams

Sangre de Cristos from Old Santa Fe Trail, Sangre de Cristo

Artist
Year1938
Classification painting
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions87 x 104 in. (221 x 264.2 cm)
Credits New Deal Art Program
Fine Arts Collection
U.S. General Services Administration
Location
  • William Penhallow Henderson's six oil paintings for the Santa Fe Courthouse were initiated in 1933 under the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) and completed in 1938 under the Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP). The theme for the murals was the New Mexican landscape, whose natural beauty the artist wished to celebrate and evoke within the courthouse.