Coit Tower, which depicts the bounty of California's agricultural industry, was produced under the Works Progress Administration program. In 1934, the Literary Digest wrote about Albro's California, comparing it to the other murals painted inside Coit Tower: Two years earlier, following a successful Albro exhibition in San Francisco, art critic Junius Cravens wrote in the Argonaut: Influences Albro was most recognized for her frescoes and her characteristic treatment of Mexican and Spanish subject matter. The influence of Mexican art is visible throughout her paintings, murals and lithographs. In an interview two years before her death, Albro said: In particular, Albro was strongly influenced by Diego Rivera. "Watching Diego [paint] was very beneficial to me," she said. Impact Albro's works can be found in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), National Gallery of Art, National Museum of the American Indian, San Francisco's Coit Tower, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Allied Arts Guild, and in various galleries and private collections. Albro became a leader in the California muralist movement and was one of the first women to achieve such a prominent position. Her work was also highlighted by numerous paintings and lithographs, which are becoming rare and valuable collection pieces. Although she specialized in Spanish and Mexican motifs, she also painted landscapes and street scenes that were inspired by her world travels. See also Visual art of the United States Public Works of Art Project Federal Art Project List of Federal Art Project artists References 1893 births 1966 deaths American muralists People from Palo Alto County, Iowa Artists from Iowa Artists from the San Francisco Bay Area San Francisco Art Institute alumni Art Students League of New York alumni American women painters Alumni of the Académie de la Grande Chaumière Fresco painters 20th-century American women artists Women muralists American women printmakers Federal Art Project artists Public Works of Art Project artists 20th-century American printmakers People from Carmel-by-the-Sea, California