PCAD - Hugo Ballin

Exterior view of the Times-Mirror Building #4, Los Angeles, CA, 2014. From Google Maps/Street View

Postcard view of the Los Angeles Times Building #4, Los Angeles, c. 1940; from the author's collection, postcard by the Longshaw Card Company, Los Angeles, CA

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Male, born 1879, died 1956

Professional History

Ballin was also noted for his murals in the Wisconsin State Capitol, Madison, WI (1912); he moved to Hollywood in the 1910s to begin work as a designer for the blossoming motion picture industry;

PCAD id: 599

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Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation and Parks, Griffith Park, Observatory and Planetarium, Mount Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA	1934-1935	Los Angeles	CA
Congregation B'nai B'rith Temple #3, Los Angeles, CA	1929	Los Angeles	CA
Times-Mirror Company, Los Angeles Times Building #4, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1931-1935	Los Angeles	CA
Title Insurance and Trust Company, Office Building #3, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	1928	Los Angeles	CA

Publications

Gruber, Samuel D., American Synagogues A Century of Architecture and Jewish Community, 60-67, 2003. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 233, 1994. Gebhard, David, Winter, Robert, "Los Angeles Times Building", Los Angeles An Architectural Guide, 237, 1994. Miller, Arthur, "Art and Artists Hugo Ballin Murals in Milton Getz Home", Los Angeles Times, C32, 08/07/1927. Morris, Dianne, "Wilshire Boulevard Temple and the Golden Age of Hollywood", The Church and the City: A Conference on the Aesthetic, Architectural, Historic, and Social Impacts and Contributions of Religious Institutions on American Urban Life,

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Protection, Trust, Fidelity Title Guarantee Building Walking Tours

Hugo Ballin (Artist, Muralist)

Professional History

Buildings and other works

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