Joseph Young (artist)

Joseph Young
Born(1919-11-27)27 November 1919
Died23 August 2007(2007-08-23) (aged 87)
Los Angeles, California
NationalityAmerican
OccupationArtist
Notable workTriforium (Los Angeles)

Joseph Young (1919–2007) was an artist well known for his public artwork, which included mosaic murals, stained glass windows, monuments and public sculptures in granite, concrete, and bronze. Over the course of his career Young completed over sixty commissions for civic, church, synagogue and other public spaces, as well as privately collected works in oil, mosaic, ceramics and other media. His largest work is the mosaic West Apse of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., entitled "The Woman Clothed With The Sun." Notable works in Los Angeles include the Holocaust Monument (Pan Pacific Park, Los Angeles), the mosaic bas-relief on the Richard Neutra-desigined Los Angeles County Hall of Records, mosaic panels on the exterior of the UCLA Math Sciences Building, and the Triforium (Los Angeles).[1] in Fletcher Bowron Square on the Los Angeles Mall at the Civic Center, Los Angeles.[2]

  1. ^ Noland, Claire (2007-08-26). "Joseph Young, 87;his murals, sculptures adorn the Southland". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  2. ^ "The Triforium: A Second Life for Los Angeles' Polyphonoptic Sculpture". KCET. 2015-12-17. Retrieved 2018-04-27.