Lucien Labaudt

Lucien Adolphe Labaudt (May 14, 1880 – December 12, 1943) was a French-born American painter based in San Francisco, California.

[5] He painted two murals in the lobby of the Spring Street Courthouse in Los Angeles: Life on the Old Spanish and American Ranchos in 1938 and Aerodynamism in 1941.

[6] Labaudt was one of a select number of civilian artists invited to join the United States Army Art Program in World War II.

He left Los Angeles for India in September 1943, traveling for two months aboard a Liberty ship carrying a cargo of dynamite.

[7] He was killed in a plane crash in Assam on December 12, 1943, en route to China, where he had been assigned to capture scenes of guerrilla warfare.

Detail of one of Labaudt's frescos at the Beach Chalet in Golden Gate Park , created for the Federal Art Project (1936–1937)