The Warner murals in the Wilshire Boulevard Temple, Los Angeles, California
By: by Rabbi Edgar F. Magnin ; with an introduction by Rabbi Alfred Wolf
Contributors: Ballin, Hugo, 1879-1956, artist; Wolf, Alfred, 1915-2004
Publisher: Wilshire Boulevard Temple
Published: 1974
Place of publication: Los Angeles, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: American Mural painting and decoration; Wilshire Boulevard Temple (Los Angeles, Calif.); Jews; Pictorial works; History
Description: A history of the synagogues in Los Angeles of the Congregation B'nai B'rith, formally incorporated in 1873, focusing on a description of the Warner Memorial Murals by Hugo Ballin with which the Congregation's third synagogue, the Wilshire Boulevard Temple. &#x2021;b The Temple was the first Jewish sanctuary to make extensive use of paintings. The paintings, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack, Harry and Abe Warner in memory of Milton and Samuel Warner, consist of three lunettes located on the north, east, and west sides of the building. The Creation Lunette represents the days of Creation according to the Midrashic point of view; the Eastern Lunette represents the Prophets, Priests and Rabbis of Old; the Western Lunette depicts the Messianic Age or the reign of peace and good will upon earth. The murals were executed on canvas in the studio of Hugo Ballin, and then brought to the Temple and attached to the walls.
Notes: Description of the murals was originally presented as a lecture series delivered by Rabbi Magnin between October 3 1929 and May 14, 1930.

Illustrated with historical and modern photographs of the temple, including some interior views; facsimiles of the artist's early sketches and descriptions of the murals; and color photographs of the murals, including details of some of the figures.