Victory Square was located on University Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues in front of the Olympic Hotel, and was the center of World War II rallies, bond drives, and a monument that lists the names of Washington state citizens who lost their lives during the war. Nothing of the Square remains as the monument was torn down in 1949, but a permanent veteran's memorial garden with an inscribed list of Washington state's war dead is at Benaroya Hall. The artist's name, Neale Ordayne (1890 – 1950), was the pseudonym for Morris Spielberger, who changed his name to avoid anti-Semitism. He was born in Hungary and immigrated to Chicago with his family in 1892. He attended the Chicago Art Institute, the Julian Academy in Paris, and landed at the Cornish Art School in Seattle, where he then established a studio. This wonderful painting of Victory Square during a rousing celebration following the end of WWII recalls the patriotic flag paintings of American impressionist Childe Hassam and anticipates the pop-art flag paintings of Jasper Johns and Andy Warhol.