"A New Yorker by birth, Conrad Albrizio was an adopted son of the South and heir to Michelangelo in fresco painting. Carolyn Bercier analyses his love for this medium and his studies to perfect his technique. She places the artist in perspective with the country's social and political climate during his career. As Albrizio's technique and compositions became refined, his crowning achievement was in the Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans. This beautifully illustrated book is essential for all lovers of fine art."-- Judith H. Bonner, senior curator and curator of art, The Historic New Orleans Collection
"Carolyn Bercier's The Frescoes of Conrad Albrizio explores the stories behind the historic murals Albrizio created to decorate the walls of public buildings across Louisiana and Alabama during the Great Depression and in the decades that followed. She describes how his skills in ancient fresco and mosaic art forms set his work apart from other muralists then working in Louisiana. The Frescoes of Conrad Albrizio is a masterful journey into the life, legacy, and artistic triumphs of, arguably, mid-twentieth-century Louisiana's foremost mural artist."--John R. Kemp, art columnist for Louisiana Life and associate editor of A Unique Slant of Light: The Bicentennial History of Art in Louisiana
"Conrad Albrizio's range of public works across Louisiana, and beyond, and his long tenure at LSU School of Art make this richly illustrated survey of Conrad Albrizio's career as a muralist long overdue. Carolyn Bercier's research and art historical lens combines with Elise Grenier's fresco expertise and conservation experience to document Albrizio's public works--the artist, the process, and the wider social and artistic context in which Albrizio's mural style developed."--Courtney Taylor, curator, LSU Museum of Art