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Birmingham Public Library Murals, (painting). Artist:  Winter, Ezra, 1886-1949, painter. Title:  Birmingham Public Library Murals, (painting). Dates:  Late 1920s. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Description:  Sixteen scenes representing the outstanding literature of the world. Scenes include the Egyptian Goddess of Love, Isis presenting a small clay figure of Truth to her godson Ramses II; the Hebrew shepherd lad, David singing the songs the Psalms to sooth the troubled mind of Saul, King of Israel; a scene from The Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) in which Shahrazad is seen entertaining her husband, the Sultan of Shahrynar; and the Hindu Krishna, hero of the tenth century text Bhagavata Purana, playing his flute for a village milkmaid. Mural scenes also depict Bellerophon and Pegasus from Greek mythology; Ura-Shima Ta-ro opening a casket from his bride from the Japanese tale in the Man'yoshu (translated Ten Thousand Leaves); Sadi, an early Persian poet and philosopher and author of the Gulistan (translated as the Rose Garden); and Confucius, the Chinese teacher and philosopher. Mural scenes also depict Scandinavian heros Sigurd and Brynhild; the Russian prince Novgorod-Seversk, from the Tale of Igor's Campaign; Pocahontas and John Smith; Celimene and Alceste (from Moliere's comedy La Misanthrope); Faust and Margaret; Dante and Virgil; Lancelot (from King Arthur's Round Table, Malory's Morte-d'Arthur), and Don Quixote. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Pegasus Mythology -- Egyptian -- Isis Mythology -- Nordic Mythology -- Asian -- Confucius Mythology -- Asian -- Krishna Literature -- Dante -- Divine Comedy Literature -- Character -- Faust Literature -- Faust -- Mephistopheles Literature -- Goethe -- Faust Literature -- Unknown -- Tale of Igor's Campaign Literature -- Character -- Lancelot Literature -- Malory -- Morte D'Arthur Literature -- Character -- Don Quixote Literature -- Moliere -- La Misanthrope Literature -- Cervantes -- Don Quixote Literature -- Unknown -- Arabian Nights Entertainments Literature -- Sadi -- Gulistan Literature -- Unknown -- Bhagavata Purana Literature -- Unknown -- Man'yoshu Religion -- Old Testament -- Psalms Religion -- Old Testament -- David & Saul Portrait female -- Pocahontas -- Full length Ethnic -- Hebrew Ethnic -- Hindu Ethnic -- Japanese Ethnic -- Chinese Ethnic -- French Ethnic -- Russian Ethnic -- Persian Object Type:  Mural Painting Owner:  Birmingham Public Library, Linn-Henley Research Library, 2100 Park Place, Birmingham, Alabama 35203 Remarks:  Title supplied by Inventory cataloger. In the late 1920s, the Birmingham Library Board commissioned Winter to paint a mural series for the main reading room in the newly constructed library building. In addition, he was also asked to paint a mural depicting famous fairy tales for the children's room. The murals for both areas were executed in oil on canvas in Winter's New York studio. They were later affixed to the walls of the library with white lead, unter Winter's supervision. References:  "Ezra Winter's Murals," Birmingham Public Library, n.d. (illustrated brochure). Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 00500001   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 00500001 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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