Laicita Gregg
Born
Laicita Warburton Worden

(1892-09-25)September 25, 1892
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedAugust 26, 1975(1975-08-26) (aged 82)
Rutland, Vermont
Known forPainting
History of Transportation, ca. 1935-1943

Laicita Worden Gregg (1892–1975) was an American artist who created murals for the Works Progress Administration (WPA).

Gregg née Worden was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 25, 1892.[1] She attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 1919 she married Kenneth Philbrick Gregg. She painted murals for the WPA that were installed in locations in Connecticut; the New Canaan High School, the New Canaan Library, the Stamford Court House, and public schools in Weston, Connecticut and Wilton, Connecticut.[2] She also painted a three panel mural of the The Regicides for a school in New Haven, Connecticut.[3] That mural was restored by the New Haven Museum and Historical Society.[2] Gregg died in Rutland, Vermont on August 26, 1975.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Laicita Warburton Worden". AskArt. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Gregg, Laicita Warburton Worden (1892-1975)". Connecticut State Library. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Federal Art Project in New Haven: The Era, Art, & Legacy". Connecticut Explored. 19 June 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
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