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Discoverers and Civilizers Led to the Source of the Mississippi River, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Blashfield, Edwin Howland 1848-1936  Search this
Aderente, Vincent 1880-1941  Search this
Foringer, Alonzo E. 1878-1948  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Paintings-Lunette
Paintings-Mural
Paintings
Owner/Location:
State of Minnesota Minnesota State Capitol Senate Chamber St. Paul Minnesota
Date:
1905
Notes:
Hazel Bauman, 1973.
Brochure of the Mural Painters, a National Society Founded 1895, New York: the Kalkhoff Company, 1916.
"Heroes in the fight for beauty: the muralists of the Hudson County Court House," Jersey City: Jersey City Museum, 1986, pg. 94.
King, Glenn, 2009.
Weiner, Mina Rieur, ed., "Edwin Howland Blashfield: Master American Muralist," New York, NY: W. W. Norton and Company, 2009, pg. 81.
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.
Summary:
An allegorical scene featuring Manitou enthroned above a foamy white Mississippi River in a grove of pine trees. Reclining by his feet is a young Native American woman on the left and standing on right is a brave in a feathered headdress with a tomahawk held in his hand. To the far right is a group of French explorers and to the far left is a group of settlers.
Topic:
Allegory--Place--Minnesota  Search this
History--United States--Westward Expansion  Search this
Landscape--River--Mississippi River  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Control number:
IAP 71270014
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_148010