> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://theparnassian.com/en/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Los Angeles artist Alex Schaefer paints burning banks during the 2008 recession
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/vozmozhno-naiden-glavnyi-nenavistnik-amerikanskoi-bankovskoi-sistemy/
- Published: 2024-11-17T11:01:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:49:06.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Art, Society, People

Perhaps the chief hater of the American banking system has been found. The contemporary Los Angeles artist Alex Schaefer rose to international fame when, during the great American recession of 2008, he began painting fantastical, politically charged plein-air pictures showing bank branches on fire, major bank holding companies in flames and the Federal Reserve Bank building ablaze

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_14222@17-11-2024_14-01-22.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_14223@17-11-2024_14-01-22.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_14224@17-11-2024_14-01-22.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_14225@17-11-2024_14-01-22.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_14226@17-11-2024_14-01-22.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_14227@17-11-2024_14-01-22.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_14228@17-11-2024_14-01-22.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_14229@17-11-2024_14-01-22.jpg)

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_14230@17-11-2024_14-01-22.jpg)