Harold Mallette Dean

Harold Mallette Dean was born in Spokane, WA in 1907. He moved to San Francisco in 1927 and enrolled at the California School of Fine Arts. Dean was one of the 26 artists chosen by the WPA Project. He also created several murals thhat included the United States Post Office in Sebastopol, CA, the San Francisco Museum of Art and the New York Public Library. Dean retired and died in San Rafael, CA in 1975.

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Printmaker, muralist, illustrator, painter. Upon moving to San Francisco in 1927, he enrolled at CSFA where he was greatly influenced by Ray Boynton and received the Anne Bremer Scholarship. During the 1930s he was active on the Federal Public Works of Art Project and one of 26 artists commissioned to paint murals in SF's Coit Tower. Beginning in 1935 he illustrated books for Grabhorn Press for about 15 years. Dean taught printmaking at the CSFA and, after moving to Marin County, at Marin Jr. College. (Hughes, "Artists in California 1786-1940," 1989). known as Malette Dean.