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Blashfield, Edwin Howland,
Aderente, Vincent,
Foringer, Alonzo E.,
Allegory -- Place
Lunette
Mural
Painting
Minnesota
, the Granary of the World, (painting).
Artist:
Blashfield, Edwin Howland, 1848-1936, painter.
Aderente, Vincent, 1880-1941, painter.
Foringer, Alonzo E., 1878-1948, painter.
Title:
Minnesota
, the Granary of the World, (painting).
Other Titles:
Minnesota
as a Grain State (Lunette), (painting).
Dates:
1905.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
14 x 31 ft.
Description:
An allegorical scene featuring a young woman symbolizing the State of
Minnesota
enthroned amid stalks of wheat on a cart pulled by two white oxen. Hovering above her are two angels holding a gold crown over her head.
Subject:
Allegory
--
Place
--
Minnesota
Object Type:
Lunette
Mural
Painting
Owner:
State of
Minnesota
,
Minnesota
State Capitol, Senate Chamber, St. Paul,
Minnesota
Remarks:
IAP files contain a copy of an article from the New York Times, Oct. 8, 1904 describing the mural in detail.
References:
Hazel Bauman, 1973.
Brochure of the Mural Painters, a National Society Founded 1895, New York: the Kalkhoff Company, 1916.
Minnesota
Historical Society, 1991.
King, Glenn, 2009.
Weiner, Mina Rieur, ed., "Edwin Howland Blashfield: Master American Muralist," New York, NY: W. W. Norton and Company, 2009, pg. 18 and pg. 81.
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 71270015
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Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
71270015
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