John Langley Howard

John Langley "Lang" Howard (1902–1999)[1] was an American artist, known as a Social Realist muralist, printmaker and illustrator.

John Langley Howard attended University of California, Berkeley and studied engineering and English for one semester, leaving in 1922.

[9][11] He painted one of the Coit Tower murals, California Industrial Scenes.

[12][13][10] The mural was designed as a result of the atrocity of the Great Depression, and featured Karl Marx imagery which caused controversy when it was unveiled.

[2] He died on November 15, 1999, in his home in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California.