Labor Day Art Special: Ralph Fasanella By Marfa Public Radio Published September 2, 2014 at 10:45 AM CDT Listen Copyright Ralph Fasanella, “Bread and Roses” (1977) Today's Talk at Ten, a Labor Day special, discusses the life and works of Ralph Fasanella (1914-1997). Fasanella, who was born in the Bronx, was a self-taught painter whose large works depicted urban working life and critiqued post-WWII America.