151008727Louis Monza18971984LouisMonzahttps://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/4170/fullLouis Monza emigrated from Italy to the U.S. at age 16, leaving an apprenticeship with a woodcarver. Once in the States, Monza worked on the railroad, traveling widely through America and Mexico, served in the U.S. Army during World War I, and settled in New York City by 1919. His cultural and social experiences in Mexico as well, as his military experiences in the army, formed in Monza a life-long pacifism. Relentlessly concerned with the common man and working class, he discovered a wealth of subject matter in the social and political circumstances of his time.(1897–1984)TurateNew YorkRedondo BeachTurateNew YorkRedondo BeachTurateNew YorkRedondo BeachLouis Monza