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Susan Elizabeth Blow, (painting). Artist:  Melchers, Gari, 1860-1932, painter. Title:  Susan Elizabeth Blow, (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. Susan Elizabeth Blow, who was born in St. Louis in 1843, studied the education methods of Germany's Froebel and later formed those theories into practical applications with the establishment in St. Louis of a school for training kindergarten teachers. Through her writings and lectures she promoted the kindergarten system and is looked upon as "The Mother of the Kindergarten." She is seen standing in a kindergarten classroom flanked by two little girls. The words "FROEBEL" and "Let us live for the Children" appear on the wall behind her. Subject:  Portrait female -- Blow, Susan Elizabeth -- Full length Occupation -- Education -- Teacher Architecture interior -- Education -- Kindergarten Figure group -- Female Figure female -- Child 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 62370354   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 62370354 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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