Login My List - 0 Help
	Search   Search Images   About

Keyword Browse Combined Highlights Search History All Catalogs

Search:  Artist BrowseTitle BrowseSubject BrowseObject Type Browse Owner Browse       Refine Search     > You are only searching: Art Inventories

More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Melchers, Gari,     Portrait male -- Rollins, James     Occupation -- Military     Occupation -- Political     Occupation -- Political     Occupation -- Education     Architecture exterior -- Education     Architecture exterior -- Education     Mural     Painting

Major James Rollins, (painting). Artist:  Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932, painter. Title:  Major James Rollins, (painting). Dates:  1922. Description:  The Governor's Reception Room is adorned with four large murals by Gari Melchers dedicated to the theme of education in Missouri. James Rollins, who earned the rank of major during the Black Hawk War of 1832 and was elected to the state legislature in 1838, was largely responsible for establishing the University of Missouri at Columbia. He is seen standing under a portico with the University of Missouri (1840) in the background. Rollins is dressed in formal attire and holds a copy of the charter of the University of Missouri in his hand as he is about to give the inaugural address. Subject:  Portrait male -- Rollins, James -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Major Occupation -- Political -- State Senator Occupation -- Political -- State Congressman Occupation -- Education Architecture exterior -- Education -- University Architecture exterior -- Education -- University of Missouri Object Type:  Mural Painting Owner:  Missouri State Capitol, Governor's Reception Room, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 Remarks:  The portrait was painted posthumously. References:  Driess, Joseph, "Gari Melchers: his Works in the Belmont Coll.," Univ. Press of Va., 1984. Missouri Capitol Commission Board, "The Missouri State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed. Illustration:  Missouri Capitol Commission Board, "The Missouri State Capitol," 1983 rev. ed., (Pickard: Report of the Capitol Decoration Commission: pg. 134). 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 62370425   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 62370425 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9382

About | © 2020 Smithsonian | Terms of Use | Privacy | Contact